Squadron: 424 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-02-07
Completion Date: 1943-02-07
Mission: Minelaying
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Topcliffe
Take Off Time: 17.22
Squadron Code: QB Q
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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6 Bomber Group February 7, 1943
4 Wellingtons from 424 and 425 Squadrons were ordered on a sea search. All crews were unsuccessful and returned safely to base. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
424 Tiger Squadron (Castigandos Castigamus). Wellington aircraft BJ 658 was shot down in the Baltic Sea during a night operation. Flying Officer J.M.Patterson,Warrant Officer E.D. Coates, Pilot Officer E.T. Cox, FS H.M. Duke, and Sergeant F.J. Allen (RAF) were killed. One other member of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.
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