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Old 16th May 2018, 20:02
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Re: SAAF Liberators

Glad to help,
Here are crew details.
EW166
21/10/44
Sgt. R.B.Brenner - RAFVR - Safe.
Sgt. H. McFarlane - RAFVR -Safe.
Sgt. J. Turner - RAFVR - Safe.
Sgt. D. F. Giles - RAFVR - Safe.
Sgt. T. Dawson - RAFVR - Safe.
Sgt. J. Morrow - RAFVR - Safe.
Sgt. R. O. Gaff - RAFVR - Killed.
Sgt. F. Devine - RAFVR - Safe.

EV952
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EW248
17/08/44
Maj. I. J. M. Odendaal - SAAF - killed.
Lt. B.T. Loxton - SAAF - killed.
Lt. A.J.Hastings - SAAF - killed.
Lt. T. T. Watson - SAAF - killed.
WO1. J. B. Erasmus - SAAF - killed.
Sgt. A. B. Robinson - RAF - killed.
WO2. J. A. C. Steel - SAAF killed.
Lt. J. J. C. Groenewald - SAAF - Safe.
Missing ( exploded in mid air over Warsaw, Poland while dropping supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans.

KG999
13/10/44
Lt. C. P. Nel - SAAF - killed.
Lt. C. B. Vorster - SAAF - killed.
Sgt. J. E. Boswell - RAFVR - killed.
P/O. R. W. Johnson - RAFVR - killed.
Sgt. E. Locket - RAFVR - killed.
Sgt. H. Fly - RAFVR - killed.
Sgt. R. Bailey - RAFVR - killed.
Sgt. H. Austin - RAF( Auxiliary Air Force ) - killed.
Missing during Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy,( crashed into mountain at Ala do STURT, north of Turin, at night and in poor weather ).

Ref: "85 Years of SAAF" by Winston Brent.

Alex
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