In memory of

Pilot Officer

Lorne Francis Cassidy

who died on 29 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J90069
  Date of death 19440729
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J90069 Pilot Officer (No. 408 Goose Squadron RCAF bomb aimer) Lorne Francis Cassidy (b.1921) of Regina was KIA 19440729. Cassidy's Lancaster failed to return from a night raid on Hamburg and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial just west of London, England, for airmen who died with no known grave. He was the son of John M. and Mary Elizabeth (Walsh) Cassidy who came from Ontario and later rtired to Vancouver. Lorne was born at Glenside, educated at Tisdale and Regina and was working as a farm labourer at Craik when he enlisted at Regina late in 1941.

JHA McCaffrey and RH Mitchell died on the same flight.

Cassidy had been shot down off Sweden while flying with No. 405 Squadron on 19430824. He was interned in Sweden, then exchanged for a German officer through the International Red Cross.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Admiral
  Geo-memorial Cassidy Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.3167°N / 108.4333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73K8
  Geo-memorial details East of Dorintosh.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210121
  Place of birth Glenside    
  Date of enlistment 19411205
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation farmer
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