Vear, Kenneth Edward (Sergeant)

Interned Prisoner 1944-April-19

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RCAF

Unit

161 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Tempsford

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/172482

Target
Google MapNavigational Training Exercise

Took off from Tempsford at 14:00 in Hudson Mark III (Sqn code: MA-R Bomber Command).

Got lost on Radio Navigational Cross-Country Exercise from Tempsford, returning via Cornwall. Force landed, North of Gothenburg, Sweden after weather deteriorated. Radio and compass not working correctly and crew got totally lost

Crew were later exchanged for a German Bucker Bestmann aircraft that had been stolen by two Poles in Germany