Squadron:424 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date:1943-06-29
Completion Date:1943-06-29
Mission:Bombing
Operation:unspecified
Target City:Messina Sicily Italy
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Base:Kairouan/Zina (approx.) N.Africa
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Events
Wellington aircraft HE 272 failed to return from operations over Sicily.W/O 1st cl. H.E.Mayer, F/O L.R. Nussbaum, P/O P.J. McManus, FSs W.R. Roberts, and L.A. Ferguson were killed. There were two 424 Sqdn. aircraft lost on this date. The following RAF personnel were also killed; Sgts J. Canning, S.D. Rollinson, A.C. Whiteman, F/Os W.H.J. Pickard, and K. Marsland.
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