Squadron: 405 (C) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-20
Completion Date: 1942-12-20
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Anti-Shipping
Target Specific:
Base: Beaulieu
Take Off Time: 06.46
Squadron Code: LQ G
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Crash City: Isle of Wight
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF when this unit unit was detached to Coastal Command at Beaulieu. Crashed on the Isle of Wight on 20 December 1942. Had suffered engine failure while on anti-submarine patrol. Dove into the ground near Calbourne. All 7 crew killed. wreck burned.
Sergeant Morris William CROFT (573453) Flight Engi; Sergeant Michael William FUGERE (R/65663) Air Gunner; Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Elsworth SNARR (R/73321) Pilot; Flying Officer Ernest STOLLERY (J/10706) Observer; Flight Sergeant Norman Albert VAN BRUNT (R/110223) Wireless Op ;Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wireless Air Gunner NER (R/124697) Air Gunner ;Pilot Officer Robert WASHER (128420) Bomb Aimer
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