W/C Timmerman
W/C Clayton
W/C Twigg
W/C Ferris
W/C Mair
W/C Jacobs
W/C McLernon
W/C Easton
W/C Sharp
W/C Olsson
W/C Jackson
W/C Smith
W/C Showler
W/C Macdonell
W/C Mitchell
W/C Cowan
W/C Orpen
S/L Bisky
W/C McKay
LCol Argue
LCol Fentiman
LCol McGowan
LCol Seguin
LCol Lee
LCol Cooper
Maj Harrison
LCol Hunter
Maj Fryer
LCol Leake
LCol Young
Maj Edgar
LCol Duval
LCol McQuaid
LCol Shelley
LCol Keddy
LCol LaPlante
Maj Peace
LCol Gagnon
LCol Smyth
Second Row – 2nd from the Left. David C Jacobs, D F C .
408 Squadron Commanding Officers, Killed in Action Squadron History copyright 1984 Wing Commander D S Jacobs Commanding Officer, November 27, 1943 – May 22,1944.
“ W/C David S Jacobs was taking over as Commanding Officer of 408 Squadron. Like W/C Mair he was on his second tour of Operations and brought his first tour (Hampden) crew with him. He was a sensitive and gifted administrator much like Wing Commander W D S Ferris.”
“On May 22nd another shock wave went through the Squadron with the loss of W/C Jacobs
and crew during a raid on Dortmund. They were just two trips short of completing a second
tour and being screened from operations. It was a bad night for the Squadron. Two of the 3
Six Group aircraft lost that night were from 408.”
George R McKillop