Halifax W7857 B.Mk.II - Minelaying Frisian Islands Netherlands - 1943-01-09 to 1943-01-10
Squadron: 419 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-01-09
Completion Date: 1943-01-10
Mission: Minelaying
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Frisian Islands Netherlands
Target Specific:
Base: Middleton St. George
Take Off Time: 16.32
Squadron Code: VR O
Radio Code:
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Crash City: near Sweden
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable

6 Bomber Group January 09/10, 1943

25 Wellingtons from 420, 425, and 427 Squadrons were joined by 13 Halifaxes from 408 and 419 Squadrons on a mining operation to the Frisian islands. The crews were over the garden from between 500 and 1,200 feet, sowing 62@1500 lb mines.Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)

Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*O". Failed to return from mining operation near Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943, no survivors. One of 5 No. 419 Sdn. Aircraft on this mission, only loss. Possibly crashed near Sweden. Units 102/419

Warrant Officer Class II Frank Harvey BARKER (R/103678);Sergeant William Douglas CAMERON (R/140390); Flight Sergeant Harvey Adam DUNN (R/99798) Navigator; Flight Sergeant Vincent Armand HUGLI (R/90778) Air Observe; Flight Sergeant William Gorman MURPHY (R/92790); Sergeant Ronald Edmund SACKVILLE-GOLDEN (967831); Warrant Officer Class II Donald Alexander WATSON (R/74057) Wireless Op. All killed>

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