Corbett, Bruce Sherwood (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-November-08
Birth Date: 1914-April-12
Born: Montreal Quebec
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Home: Toronto, Ontario
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
62 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Insperato Unexpectedly
Base
Agartala, Burma
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/3796
Home
Toronto, Ontario
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Dakota FL554
Mission
Dakota III FL554
Transport 1944-November-08 to 1944-November-08
62 (T) Sqn (RAF) Agartala, Burma
Dakota Mk III FL-554 was dropping supplies to the British 14th Army when they were shot down by enemy aircraft at North Yazagyo, Burma (Myanmar).
Killed: Flying Officer Bruce Sherwood Corbett RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant John Michael Hugh Delaney RCAF KIA; Warrant Officer Class 1 Michael Edmund Gallagher RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant R.J.Cook KIA; Sergeant C.E.J Gray KIA.
Letter confirming "Killed"
Dakota FL554 III - Transport - 1944-11-08 to 1944-11-08
Squadron: 62 (T) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-11-08
Completion Date: 1944-11-08
Mission: Transport
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Agartala, Burma
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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Dakota Mk III FL-554 was dropping supplies to the British 14th Army when they were shot down by enemy aircraft at North Yazagyo, Burma (Myanmar).
Killed: Flying Officer Bruce Sherwood Corbett RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant John Michael Hugh Delaney RCAF KIA; Warrant Officer Class 1 Michael Edmund Gallagher RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant R.J.Cook KIA; Sergeant C.E.J Gray KIA.
Letter confirming "Killed"
