Parker, Maynard Annand (Flying Officer)

58 Squadron (Alis Nocturnis). Halifax GR II aircraft JP 336 BY-X was hit by flak and ditched north-west of Anholt Island in the Kattegat while on an anti-shipping patrol in the Skagerrack - Kattegat area of Denmark. F/O(s) Parker, E.I. Ford, and Sergeant E.N. Oddy (RAF) were killed when the aircraft hit the water. Pilot Officer R.L. McKinney (RAF) and Sergeant G.G. Cockroft (RAF) missing, Flying Officer J.V. Johnson (RAF), Flying Officer L.B. Davey (RAF), Flight Sergeant T.E.P. Rosenthal (RAF) and Sergeant G.A. Guinane (RAF) managed to board a life raft, where Flight Sergeant Rosenthal died of his injuries. The three survivors were spotted and rescued by a German fishing boat, becoming Prisoner of War, after 36 hours in the dinghy (www.flensted.eu.com) Addendum: - The correct spelling for Flying Officer Parker's home is Mount Uniacke, not Mount Uniake. Detail provided by D.A. Stallard, Trenton, Nova Scotia.