Moncton, New Brunswick (mother)Liberator of 148 Sqn took off from its Libyan base for a supply-dropping mission for Yugoslav partisans, codename Fungus 33, from which it did not return. It was later learned that it struck a hilltop four miles north of Kosinjski Zamost, 60 miles southeast of Fiume, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, and the seven crew were killed.
Killed includes Clarke: F/Lt Eldon Burke Elliott RCAF J/4524 KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7. Warrant Officer Class 1 Ralph Edward Hawken RCAF R/81068 KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7. Flight Sergeant Edwin Archibald Toole RCAF R/53246 KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7. F/Lt Hugh Irvine Crawford RNZAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7. Flight Sergeant William Joseph Dowle RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7. F/Lt Maurice Passmore RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
