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6th August 2017, 19:08
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Re: Night Fighter Operation - Nov. 1944
Hello Nicholas,
according to the German Bruchunterlagen from November 1, 1944 a Mosquito was shot down by a nightfighter, crash time 2015 hours, crash place 10 km west of Usingen (Cratzenbach). Casualty No. KE 9965. Other sources give the crash place Eckartshausen near Büdingen. In Norman Franks "Fighter Command Losses" Vol. 3 the loss of the Mosquito VI LR327 of 418(RCAF) Sqn after an intruder sortie to Gießen is listed. The pilot and the navigator were killed: F/O John Stewart Hill RCAF J/22349 F/Sgt George Walter Roach RAF 1603120. Both are now buried in Dürnbach War Cemetery, graves 6.E.1 and 6.E.2. Regards Leo 
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