298 Sqn (Silent We Strike) RAF Tarrant Rushton, Halifax V aircraft LL 343 "T-L" missing while on SOE Operation OSRIC 122, dropping supplies to the Diest area of Belgium, possibly shot down by a flak ship into the sea, off the Dutch coast near Noordzee, W off Walcheren
Flying Officer WW Brown (RCAF), Sergeant W Bradley (RAF), Flying Officer RD MacDuff (RNZAF), FS F Pearson (RAF), Flying Officer F Sayles DFM (RAF) and FS JB Smith (RAF) were killed. All are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial. (R Tebbutt). Detail from aviation-safety.net and warmemoriesproject.com
Brown, William Wallace (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-August-31
Birth Date: 1913-December-18
Born:
Parents: Son of James Nelson Brown and Gertrude Brown, of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada; husband of Marion H. Brown, of Woodstock.
Spouse: Husband of Marion H. Brown, of Woodstock.
Home: Woodstock, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
298 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Silent We Strike
Base
RAF Tarrant Rushton
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/20649
Target
SOE Belgium
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Unit Desciption
298 (SD) Sqn Silent We Strike ()
298 was a special squadron within Transport Command.
298 Squadron was SD (Special Duties), glider tow and SOE (Special Operations Executive). SOE duties included dropping equipment to partisans and resistance.
Formed 24 Aug 1942 – 19 Oct 1942, then reformed 4 Nov 1943 – 21 Dec 1946
298 Squadron