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Re: SAAF 34 Sqd 28/29 Aug 1944 Mohacs
Hello,
28/29 August 1944
34 Sqn SAAF
Liberator B.VI EW165 "F"
Ten crews took off from Celone detailed to mine widely separated Danube beds east and north of Belgrade. A crew reported seeing at 22:15, an aircraft burning on the ground, with red and green lights coming from it. Hungarian sources have ascertained that EW165 exploded in mid air, crashing between Osceny and Decs, near Mohacs, and that parachutes of those that managed to bale out caught fire. A Hungarian report states that the aircraft crashed on the property of a Dr. M.Novak, and that Sgt Hancock was saved by falling into a tree. The rest of the crew are buried in Budapest War Cemetery Collective grave I. D.1-6. It is believed that EW165 was claimed at 22:12 by Oblt Wilhelm Johnen, of 8./NJG 6.
203001V Capt (Pilot) John F MUNRO SAAF +
205866V Lt (Co-pilot) Roy D. M. van der SPUY SAAF +
328692V Lt (Obs.) P St.J. ALEXANDER SAAF +
1800182 Sgt (Air Bomb.) Bernard E. LEVER RAFVR +
580652 W/O (W,Op./Air Gnr.) Paul A CREUX SAAF +
--------- Sgt (Air Gnr.) Rudolf HANCOCK SAAF - POW
1286049 Sgt (Air Gnr.) William H. GRICE RAFVR +
See:
'Gardening by Moonlight' 205 Group RAF mining operations over the River Danube in 1944
Kassak,Peter & David Gunby
N.p: Degart s.t.o.,2017
pp.99-103
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 7th May 2018 at 01:17.
Reason: Revision on Sgt R. Hancock - SAAF/RAFVR?
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