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This aircraft forms part of a small research project I have been doing into the loss of another aircraft from the same raid. I have a little information on the raid and the aircraft and have even plotted where all the aircraft came down.

In your case
HB785: BU-A B17 Fortress 214 Squadron. (Bomber support) Shot down by Fw BURKHARD at 0458 hrs SSE of Aschaffenburg.
All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Durnbach War Cemetery, Locality Bad Tolz, Bayern Germany. Durnbach is a village 16kms east of Bad Tolz, a town 48kms south of Munich.
Crew:
FS Hilton MacKay Carter, J/94203, Air Gunner, Royal Canadian Air Force, Nationality: Canadian, KIA 21 March 1945, Aged 22
Sgt William Denis Dale, 1594366, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality: United Kingdom, KIA 21 March 1945
Fg/Off Douglas Nugent Donald, J/47071, Air Bomber, Royal Canadian Air Force, Nationality: Canadian, KIA 21 March 1945, Aged 23
Fg/Off Robert Verdun Kingdon, J128299, Pilot, Royal Canadian Air Force, Nationality: Canadian, KIA 21 March 1945
FS Donald Fraser Miller, 1809260, Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality: United Kingdom, KIA 21 March 1945
Sgt Donald Parker, 3040675, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality: United Kingdom, KIA 21 March 1945, Aged 19
WO/II James Walter Pellant, J/95470, Air Bomber, Royal Canadian Air Force, Nationality: Canadian, KIA 21 March 1945, Aged 21
Sgt Walter Perkins, 2223326, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality: United Kingdom, KIA 21 March 1945, Aged 19
WO/II William Arthur Routley, J/93926, Navigator, Royal Canadian Air Force, Nationality: Canadian, KIA 21 March 1945, Aged 31
WO/II Robert George Wilson, R/197780, Air Gunner, Royal Canadian Air Force, Nationality: Canadian, KIA 21 March 1945




Cheers

Brian