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425 Alouette Squadron (Je Te Plumerai) RAF Tholthorpe. Halifax Mk III MZ-845 KW-J was climbing out for an operation against targets in Chemnitz, Germany when it collided in mid-air with 426 Squadron Halifax Mk VII PN-228 which was climbing out from RAF Linton-on Ouse as part of the same operation. Both aircraft crashed with the loss of the two aircraft and their crews, with the exception of the Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on Halifax MZ 845 KW-J. Flight Sergeant Joseph Andre Jean DeCruyenaere (RCAF) managed to bale out of his aircraft before it crashed near Widdington Manor, close to Nun Monkton, Yorkshire
Crew killed on MZ-845 KW-J: Pilot Officer Mark Sylvester Harold Anderson (RCAF), Pilot Officer Joseph Emile Roland Beaudry (RCAF), Flying Officer Ronald Edward Oscar Charron (RCAF), Pilot Officer Joseph Louis Gaston Pelletier (RCAF), Pilot Officer Joseph Donat Fernand Eugene Roy (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant Joseph Louis Paul Seguin RCAF
Please see serial PN 228 OW-A for information on this aircraft and crew
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05031945 425 Squadron RCAF Halifax III MZ845 KW-JPilot Officer Mark Sylvester...
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