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Hi,

08/09/1942
209 Sqn
Catalina IIa
VA713

Coded L for Leather
Op: Anti-sub patrol, Took off RAF Pamanzi at 04:20 hrs

F/L J R Wyllie RNZAF
P/O F W Henderson RCAF
F/O K J Rich
P/O E L Hall
Sgt D P Broomfield
Sgt A S White
Sgt H Shepherd
Sgt R N Lamond
Sgt L S Davies
Sgt D Abberley

Took off normally but crashed in the dark just after the last flare. Sgt White, Sgt Broomfield, Sgt Davies, F/O Rich and P/O Hall all rest in Antsiranana War Cemetery, Madagascar, while the remaining crewmen are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.

18/12/1942
205 Sqn
Catalina I
AJ156
Coded N for Nuts

Op: Not recorded, Took off RAF Pamanzi at 03:00 hrs

W/O Noney
F/Sgt Forrest
Cpl E J W Wheeler
(rest of crew not recorded)

Crashed on take off. Cpl Wheeler of No.209 Sqn is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

Regards
Ross