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Re: RAF losses on March 22, 1945
Mosquito KB425 Information
Type Mosquito
Serial Number KB425
Squadron 163
X1D ??-V
Operation Berlin
Dates 21st/22nd March 1945
Further Information
Airborne 1902 21Mar45 from Wyton. Returned early (reason not established) and crashed 2016 short of the runway threshold at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire. P/O Drake was rushed to RAF Hospital Ely but died soon after from his injuries. He was taken home and buried in the Falmouth Cemetery, Cornwall. F/O J.D.Rees DFC Inj F/O A.R.S.Drake Inj "
Mosquito PF392 Information
Type Mosquito
Serial Number PF392
Squadron 692
X1D P3-R
Operation Berlin
Dates 21st/22nd March 1945
Further Information
Airborne 1916 21Mar43 from Graveley. Cause of loss and crash-site not established. Both are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. W/O MacPhee was the son of Dr.Burgess MacPhee of Blackburn. W/O I.M.MacPhee KIA Sgt A.V.Sullivan KIA There has been some confusion with this Sqdn been listed as 629 Sqdn which was never formed.
Kind regards
Ross
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