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November 4th 1943

Lancaster II DS 774 EQ-F of 408 Sq.

Crashed: Presumed lost off the coast of Holland. Three crewmembers are buried in Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery, their bodies being discovered in a dinghy which was washed ashore on 12 November near Rockanje. The others have no known graves.

Crew:

- WO2 Robert Allen YOUNG (Pilot RCAF) MIA
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 181.

- Sgt Robert Clifford SMITH (F/Eng. RCAF), age 29. MIA
Son of John C. and Julia Smith, of Davidson, Saskatchewan. Canada.
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 186.

- P/O Tom William HILLIARD (Nav. RCAF), age 29. KIA
Son of Tom Albert and Daisy Hilliard, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery.

- F/O H S OIEN ( AB USAAF) MIA
commemorated on the Cambridge Memorial at Madingley.

- F/O James Earl SAUVE ( Wop. RCAF) MIA
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 174.

- F/Sgt Charles Percy MILLER ( AG RCAF), age 27. KIA
Son of George M. Miller and of Ellen E. Miller (née Deacon), of Newbury, Ontario, Canada.
Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery

- F/Sgt Colin Murray MACDONALD ( AG RCAF), age 25. KIA
Son of D.A. and Margaret M. MacDonald, of Ripley, Ontario, Canada.
Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery


Target: Düsseldorf
Homebase: Linton-on-Ouse
Taken off: 17.17


Details supplied by Jan Weda