298 Squadron (RAF)

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

Wikipedia 298 Squadron

Unit Accident Records: 298 Sqn RAF ()

No Crash Cards Found

Unit Casualtues: 298 Sqn RAF (15)

William Edward Linning
1944-July-16
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL129
Lethbridge, Alberta
Derwood William Smith
1944-July-16
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL129
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joseph Wilfred Romeo Fournier
1944-July-16
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL129
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Charles Edward Anderson
1944-August-05
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL334
Winnipeg, Manitoba
William Wallace Brown
1944-August-31
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL343
Woodstock, New Brunswick
Harold Leonard Ferguson
1944-October-15
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.V LL293
Blackfalds, Alberta
John Carr
1945-February-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.III MZ980
Vancouver, British Columbia
Robert Stanley Edick
1945-February-25
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.III NA103
Little Falls, New York, USA
Alex Kotyk
1945-February-25
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.III NA103
Keewatin, Ontario
Chester Allen Holmlund
1945-February-25
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A/Met.Mk.III NA103
Glenside, Saskatchewan
Delmer Ronald McGillivray
1945-March-24
Killed in Action
Halifax A.Mk.VII NA311
Vancouver, British Columbia
James Ewart Bunn
1945-March-24
Killed in Action
Halifax A.Mk.VII NA311
Broadview, Saskatchewan
Seaton George Redknap
1945-March-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Halifax B/A.Mk.III NA664
Victoria, British Columbia
James Alexander Buzza
1945-March-31
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A.Mk.VII PN243
Vancouver, British Columbia
Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
1945-April-03
Killed in Action
Halifax B/A.Mk.III NA660
Flin Flon, Manitoba (parents)