Remembering Today- FS;EVERETT STEVENSON GREEN R/64484, 419 Sqdn., Royal Canadian Air Force

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    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
     
  2. 17thDYRCH

    17thDYRCH Senior Member

    :poppy: RIP, E.S.Green RCAF :poppy:
     
  3. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    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
     

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