METKA, JOSEPH Rank: Pilot Officer Service No: J/87568 Date of Death: 26/02/1944 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force 102 Sqdn. Panel Reference Panel 252. Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of John Metka, and of Dora Metka, of Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. CWGC - Cemetery Details
METKA, JOSEPH Rank: Pilot Officer Service No: J/87568 Date of Death: 26/02/1944 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force 102 Sqdn. Panel Reference Panel 252. Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of John Metka, and of Dora Metka, of Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. CWGC - Cemetery Details Details of the above loss. 25-26 February 1944 102 Squadron Halifax II LW331 DY-D Op.Gardening Took off at 2012 hrs from Pocklington for operation over the Baltic. Came down in the North Sea off Bridlington. An extensive ASR operation was mounted but no trace of this aircraft or its crew were found. Crew. F/S. S J. Rogers RCAF + Sgt. D G. Lloyd + WO2. J A W R. Lalonde RCAF + F/S. J. Metka RCAF + F/L. T. Leithead DFM + Sgt. E R. Burns RCAF + Sgt. J W. Brown + Source - ' RAF Bomber Command Losses' Vol.5 - W R. Chorley
