[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

Post # 882 - No.4:

Possibly: No.450 Sqn RAAF Kittyhawk III FR239.

450 Sqn RAAF ORB (F.541) 9/10/(42). p.357 of 1503.

Kittyhawk III FR239 - SGT HOLLOWAY*, R. D. [sic]. Duty - Bomber Escort. Up: 0940 - MISSING. One of our a/c (FR239) is missing. F/O Schaaf observed a/c hit the sea, N. of El Rahman, 250 yards from the coast.

450 Sqn RAAF ORB (F.540) 9/10/42. p.337 of 1503.

AUS. 3288 P/O F. R. Schaaf, one of our pilots, observed an aircraft hit the sea 250 yards from the coast, north of El Rahman. R.79002 Sgt Holloway, R. D. [sic] failed to return from this operation and is posted missing.

* R79002 Sgt (Pilot) Robert Oliver "Bob" HOLLOWAY RCAF - Missing 9/10/42 - POW.

An excellent account of the shootdown (by flak), and ditching of "Bob" Holloway RCAF, on 9 October, 1942, can be found in:

Kittyhawks Over The Sands - The Canadians & The RCAF Americans.
Lavigne,Michael et al.
Victoriaville:Lavigne Aviation Publications,2002.
pp.338-9 (Bob Holloway & the Daba Prang).

Col.