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1943-01-30 Flight Sergeant - Survived | |
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT623 VRS | 419 (B) Sqn (RCAF) |
Take-off: 16:54 | Target: Lorient France |
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II DT623Bombing Lorient France 1943-January-29 to 1943-January-30
419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Asawayita) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax BII aircraft DT 623 VR-S made a wheels up crash landing returning from operations over the dock area at Lorient, France
FS JMB O'Connor (RCAF), F/L AP Cranswick (RAF), Sgt FE Johnston (RAF), WO W McRobbie (RAF), FS D McKenzie (RAF), P/O JC Garton (RAF )and F/S ILJ Howard (RAF) all survived, safe
WO2 JMB O'Connor would be missing, presumed killed 1943-04-28 in 419 Squadron Halifax JB 923 VR-Q while on a mine-laying sortie off the coast of Norway
WR Chorley notes that F/L Cranswick left 419 Sqn soon after for operations as a Pathfinder, where he became one of the premier bomber pilots in Bomber Command. He was killed July 4-5, 1944, as a Squadron Leader DSO while acting as Primary Visual Marker on an operation over France.