6 Bomber Group September 15/16, 1943
63 Halifaxes from 419, 427, 428, 429 and 434 squadrons were ordered to attack the Dunlop rubber factory at Montlucon. The crews were over the target at between 6,000 and 10,000 feet, releasing 116,000 lbs of high explosives and 228,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, bombing was accurate and severe damage was caused to the complex. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
The aircraft (KC-E) took off 00:04 16 Sept 1944 from Coningsby, piloted by Pilot Officer WG Divall, to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Ladbergen, Germany using 12,000 lb high-capacity bombs. It is believed shot down by light Flak, crashing near Bramsche some 7 km SSE of Lingen (Ems), with the loss of all crew.
Pilot Officer DW Warwick was the only Canadian on board. The remaining 7 crew (Pilot Officer WG Divall, Flight Sergeants R McArthur, J Simpson, and Sergeants E Blake, A Williams, A Miles, D Allatson) were all RAF.
