630 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Died:
09/02/1945 (Killed in Action)
Age:
27
Summary
James Montague was the son of Denis and Alice Montague. He was born about 1918. James Montague was the husband of Brigid T Montague. James served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two. By February 1945, Flight Sergeant James Montague was with 630 Squadron. He was one of the crew of a Lancaster bomber aircraft which was lost without trace on 9th February 1945. The CWGC recorded his wife as living in Swatragh, County Londonderry.
Further Information
James Montague was the son of Denis and Alice Montague. He was born about 1918.
James Montague was the husband of Brigid T Montague.
James served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two.
By February 1945, Flight Sergeant James Montague was with 630 Squadron.
At 5pm on the evening of 8th February 1945, an Avro Lancaster (Serial Number ND554) bomber took off from RAF East Kirkby on a night raid. Their mission was to bomb a synthetic oil plant at Politz, Poland, not far from the German border. Flight Sergeant James Montague was part of the seven man crew. The bomber was part of the first phase attack on the oil plant.
The Lancaster aircraft was lost without trace. Flight Sergeant James Montague died on 9th February 1945, aged 27. The crew were:
Sergeant Stanley Laidler CAMERON (3031383)
Flying Officer Robert Baines KNIGHT (422292)
Flight Sergeant John LAMONT (427518)
Flight Sergeant James MONTAGUE (1051821)
Sergeant Arthur Ronald NEWBY (1591945)
Flight Sergeant Norman Eric Armour SHARPE (917319)
Sergeant Leon YOUNG (1591823)
Flight Sergeant James Montague has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 272 of the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey.
The CWGC record Flight Sergeant James Montague as the son of Denis and Alice Montague. He is also recorded as the husband of Brigid T Montague of Swatragh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Sergeant Stanley Laidler CAMERON (3031383)
