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Old 19-08-2007, 02:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Peter Clare View Post
From The Bomber Command War Diaries. Middlebrook - Everitt

19 August 1942

The Dieppe Raid.

2Group flew 62 Boston smoke-laying and bombing sorties in support of the Canadian landing at Dieppe; some crews carried out more than one flight. 3 Bostons were lost.
Hi Peter,

Looking up that date for RAAF deaths, I have one buried in the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery.

NEVILLE, HENRY GEORGE - Sergeant

He is listed as 13sq for "posting at death" and cause of death "Flying Battle" (France). Do you have any info on the aircraft and the crew?
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