Flight Sergeant EVERETT STEVENSON GREEN R/64484, 419 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force who died on 13 October 1942 Remembered with honour BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Flight Sergeant EVERETT STEVENSON GREEN R/64484, 419 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force who died on 13 October 1942 Remembered with honour BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 13-14 October 1942 419 Squadron Wellington III X3963 PT-D Op. Kiel The aircraft took off from Croft at 1828 hrs. Crashed in the sea off Brockeswalde, Germany. Fatalities. Sgt. W A. Wakeman RCAF P/O. C E. Bell RCAF Sgt. R V. Hall RCAF Sgt. E S. Green RCAF F/S. J F. Streeting RCAF Bomber Command Losses. Vol.3 - W R. Chorley The Kiel raid of 13/14 October 1942 288 aircraft - 100 Wellingtons, 82 Lancasters, 78 Halifaxes, 28 Stirlings. 8 aircraft - 5 Wellingtons, 1 each of other types - lost, 2.8 per cent of the force. A decoy fire site was operating and at least half of the bombing was drawn away into open countryside, but the rest of the attack fell on Kiel and its immediate surroundings. Casualties were 41 killed and 101 injured. Some of the bomber force attacked Hamburg, either as an alternative target or in error. 2 large fires were started; 8 people were killed and 43 injured. The Bomber Command War Diaries - Middlebrook/Everitt