Squadron: (T) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-09-21
Completion Date: 1944-09-21
Mission: Transport
Operation: Market Garden
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Base: Blakehill Farm
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USAAF 42-92599 C-47A-10-DK 28-01-44. RAF - Royal Air Force KG387 23-02-44. W/O 21.09.44. Operated by No. 437 (T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944, coded "Z2*UF". Shot down by Fw190s 21 September 1944 after completing panier drop re-supply mission to Arnheim, one of 4 Squadron aircraft lost on this mission. 5 of 8 crew killed, including pilot Squadron Leader R.W. Alexander, DFC, rest bailed out. First 437 Squadronn fatalities on operations. Came down near Sonniushoeve (or Sonse Hedie?), Holland, south of Wilhelminacanal, near Eindhoven. Crash location also identified as near hamlet of Esp.
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USAAF 42-92599 C-47A-10-DK 28-01-44. RAF - Royal Air Force KG387 23-02-44. W/O 21.09.44. Operated by No. 437 (T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944, coded "Z2*UF". Shot down by Fw190s 21 September 1944 after completing panier drop re-supply mission to Arnheim, one of 4 Squadron aircraft lost on this mission. 5 of 8 crew killed, including pilot Squadron Leader R.W. Alexander, DFC, rest bailed out. First 437 Squadronn fatalities on operations. Came down near Sonniushoeve (or Sonse Hedie?), Holland, south of Wilhelminacanal, near Eindhoven. Crash location also identified as near hamlet of Esp.
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