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58 Squadron (Alis noctumis) RAF St Eval. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 257 BY-B failed to return from anti-U-boat operations over the Bay of Biscay. A radio message at 19:11:00 hours reported multiple attacks on the bomber by Junkers JU 88C-6 heavy fighters from 14/KG 40 (14 Staffel / Kampfgeschwader 40), but the crash site was not determined. The entire crew were lost
Pilot Officer Joseph Roy Bickerton (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 Laurence Edward Daw (RCAF), Flying Officer Jack Alexander Thain (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Sydney Frederick Miller (RAAF), Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfrid Gilmore (RAF), Sergeant Cyril William Howard Makin (RAF) and Sergeant Bonsor William Wyatt (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave but all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
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