Squadron: 433 (B) BG (RCAF)
Start Date: 1945-02-04
Completion Date: 1945-02-04
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Skipton on Swale
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On 1945-02-04, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, the Chief Technical Officer with 424/433 Sqns at Skipton on Swale, wrote in his diary:
"Got 8 from 424 & 6 from 422 away on ops again tonight on Bonn . . .Everything went well on take-off but our horrible Sunday luck came through again & Flight Lieutenant Mara in "M" Mike of 433 sqdn didn't come back tonight " we found out later he had a midair collision over France & the M/U gunner was found over there near St. Vith wandering around in a daze with amnesia & not knowing what had happened or how he got there. Apparently he was the only one to escape with his life"
Diary of A Ross Dawson, courtesy CWM