Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Richard Lyle McMillan
In memory of:
Flying Officer Richard Lyle McMillan
February 9, 1945
Military Service
J/44860
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
159 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of William Henry James McMillan and Dorothy Gertrude McMillan, of Nanaimo, British Columbia. Husband of June McMillan, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 544 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Coll. grave 7A. E. 10-17.
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY is outside Yangon (formerly Rangoon, Burma), near the airport and immediately adjoining the village of Taukkyan. It is on PY1 road (formerly Prome Road), about 35 kilometres north of the city from which it is easily accessible.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of RICHARD LYLE MCMILLAN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of RICHARD LYLE MCMILLAN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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![Group photo– In this photo are all six Canadians, and seven of the eight men who died (the full crew) when 159 Squadron Liberator KH255 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during a 9 Feb 1945 raid on the port of Khao Huagang, Thailand; only 1739627 RAF Sgt Derrick Charles North Burton is absent. The KH255 crew are buried in Collective Grave 7A. E. 10-17, Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. [Crew positions on 9.2.45 are given.]
Back row, left to right:
J/12468 F/O SCHROEDER, William Gerald, Centralia, Ontario [pilot]
J/44860 P/O MCMILLAN, Richard Lyle, Vancouver, British Columbia [2nd pilot]
J/45103 P/O ZAKOW, Nick (birth name ZAICZKOWSKI), Windsor, Ontario [navigator]
J/43938 P/O JOHNSON, Kristinn Gudmundur, Gimli, Manitoba [bomb aimer]
J/45225 P/O TALBOT, Robert, Vancouver, British Columbia [wireless operator]
**Sgt Rowley, RAF
Front row, left to right:
**Sgt Worseley, RAF
**Sgt Meadows, RAF
2222977 Sgt BRIGHT, Roland Bernard, RAF, Langwith, UK [nose gunner]
**Sgt Leishman, RAF
**These four men in the were not aboard KH255 when shot down.](https://cvwm.images.cloud.veterans.gc.ca/2087101_2.jpg)
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Group photo – In this photo are all six Canadians, and seven of the eight men who died (the full crew) when 159 Squadron Liberator KH255 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during a 9 Feb 1945 raid on the port of Khao Huagang, Thailand; only 1739627 RAF Sgt Derrick Charles North Burton is absent. The KH255 crew are buried in Collective Grave 7A. E. 10-17, Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. [Crew positions on 9.2.45 are given.] Back row, left to right: J/12468 F/O SCHROEDER, William Gerald, Centralia, Ontario [pilot] J/44860 P/O MCMILLAN, Richard Lyle, Vancouver, British Columbia [2nd pilot] J/45103 P/O ZAKOW, Nick (birth name ZAICZKOWSKI), Windsor, Ontario [navigator] J/43938 P/O JOHNSON, Kristinn Gudmundur, Gimli, Manitoba [bomb aimer] J/45225 P/O TALBOT, Robert, Vancouver, British Columbia [wireless operator] **Sgt Rowley, RAF Front row, left to right: **Sgt Worseley, RAF **Sgt Meadows, RAF 2222977 Sgt BRIGHT, Roland Bernard, RAF, Langwith, UK [nose gunner] **Sgt Leishman, RAF **These four men in the were not aboard KH255 when shot down.
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