Squadron: 424 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-06-29
Completion Date: 1943-06-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Messina Sicily Italy
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Base: Kairouan/Zina (approx.) N.Africa
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Wellington aircraft HE 272 failed to return from operations over Sicily.W/O 1st cl. H.E.Mayer, Flying Officer L.R. Nussbaum, Pilot Officer P.J. McManus, FSs W.R. Roberts, and L.A. Ferguson were killed. There were two 424 Sqdn. aircraft lost on this date. The following RAF personnel were also killed; Sergeants J. Canning, S.D. Rollinson, A.C. Whiteman, F/Os W.H.J. Pickard, and K. Marsland.
