23 January 1945 Liberator VI KH277 'Z' 358 Sqn Missing, near Nimzawl, Chin Hills, Burma. This aircraft was part of a formation of eleven aircraft from No.358 Squadron, undertaking the unit's first special duties operation since forming on 8 November 1944. Crew. Squadron Leader Anthony Stanley Mortimer PIM + Flight Sergeant John Hewitt HOLT 23 Co-Pilot + Flight Sergeant Erik Cairne HEARN 22 Navigator + Flying Officer William John WALLACE Bomb Aimer + Flying Officer Eric CLARKE Wireless Operator + Sergeant George GITTINS Wireless Operator + Flight Sergeant Sidney Ernest SADLER 27 RNZAF Air Gunner + Sergeant James Alfred ROBINSON 26 Air Gunner + BBC - WW2 People's War - RAF Special Squadrons Movement history of Liberator VI KH277 Ex.44-4414 Delivered Dorval 2 September 1944 To India arriving at Karachi on 8 October 1944 To 358 Squadron Crashed 23 January near Nimzawl in the Chin Hills, Burma. Struck Off Charge 22 February 1945
