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No : 33
Date : 21.9.1944
Time : 20:32
A/c Type : Halifax
Unit : 8./NJG 6
Location / Comments : SE Hungary / probably Liberator VI of the 31 Sq 205 BG
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour
Date : 21.9.44
Aircraft Type & Serial : Liberator VI, KH102, Y
Unit :31 Sqdn SAAF
Crew :
Lt R.E. Deppe SAAF - Pilot - died
Lt G.R. Smith SAAF - POW
WO C.R. Kleynhans SAAF - Wireless Op / Gunner - died
Sgt Eugene Havinga SAAF - Flight Engineer - died
Sgt Jack Boyle RAFVR - Air Bomber - died
Sgt J. Anderton RAFVR - POW
Sgt Sydney Wright RAFVR - Gunner - died
Sgt Lawson George Thompson RAFVR - Gunner - died
Lt Deppe, W/O Kleynhans, Sgt Havinga, Sgt Boyle, Sgt Wright & Sgt Thompson are buried at Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia
Location : near Szeged, Hungary
Cause : Aircraft shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter while on a pamphlet dropping mission in the Budapest area, crashing near the town of Szeged, Hungary
Sources / References : “Heroism Beyond Praise”, CWGC website
Szeged is 70 km NE of Backa Topola.