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1944-06-07 Pilot Officer - Survived | |
Lancaster Mk.II DS768 EQJ | 408 (B) Sqn (RCAF) |
Take-off: 21:32 | Target: Coutances France |
408 Goose Squadron (For Freedom) RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Lancaster II aircraft DS 768 EQ-J on return from sortie to bomb rail and communication links at Coutances, France in support of the D-Day landings, ran off runway at Honeybourne airfield, Worcestershire, England, crashed and was damaged beyond repair. The crew all survived, safe
P/O RD Whitson (RCAF) survived, safe. Please see Croucher, G for complete crew list and flight detail
P/O Whitson would be killed 1944-07-29 on 408 Squadron Lancaster DS 634 EQ-A on a raid to Hamburg, Germany. Please see Croucher, G for complete casualty list and flight detail
Others on the Aircraft
1944-06-07 RCAF Flight Lieutenant Gordon Croucher DFC, MiD Survived 2021-06-061944-06-07 RCAF Pilot Officer Alan Howard Durnin Survived 2022-05-16
1944-06-07 RCAF Pilot Officer John Alexander Kay Imrie Survived 2021-06-06
1944-06-07 RCAF Flying Officer Donal Thomas Ryan Survived 2021-06-06
1944-06-07 RAFVR David Scott Survived 2022-03-31
1944-06-07 RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Edmund Truscott Survived 2021-06-06