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405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) RAF Pocklington, Halifax BII aircraft W 1175 LQ-Q failed to return from a raid against Bremen, Germany. The Halifax is believed to have been shot down and crashed into the North Sea while returning from the operation by night fighter pilot Lt Erich Gollasch of 6/NJG2
Flight Sergeant John Drew AILEY (R/68523); Sergeant Ronald Frank ANSELL (1213401);Sergeant Alan DANBY (1065468);Flight Sergeant William Ewart Nixon FIELD (R/56351);Warrant Officer Class II Rowan Charles FITZGERALD (R/69615); Flight Sergeant Murray Ralph KLEISDORFF (407695) ;Sergeant Eric Omar SMITH (1169531)
Only FS Kleisdorff's body was recovered and buried at the Harlingen General Cemetery. The rest of the crew remain missing and have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
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