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Sergeant
Donald Stewart was serving as Wireless Operator on March 30/31 aboard Halifax
Mk.BIII LV879 coded QB-A when it took off
from Skipton-on-Swale at 2159hrs to bomb Nuremberg. On the outbound
journey it was attacked by a night-fighter and crashed at
Alten-Buseck, a small town 6km NE from the centre of Giessen.
Flying Officer Marsh was the only survivor and became a prisoner
of war (camp unknown). The remaining crew are buried in the War
Cemetery at Hanover
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/O John Doig |
RCAF |
Pilot |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
31 |
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Sgt John Bolton |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
- |
- |
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F/O John Marsh - POW |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
- |
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F/Sgt Alfred Crosland |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Pickering, Ontario |
22 |
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Sgt Donald Stewart |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
- |
20 |
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Sgt Robert Atkins |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
Petrolia, Ontario |
27 |
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Sgt Thomas Rogers |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Kidwelly, Carmarthanshire, Wales |
- |
Sergeant Donald Stewart RAFVR was the son of William and Lillian
Stewart. He had married Joan Celia Helen of Finsbury Park, Middlesex just two
weeks prior to his death and had been promised leave for a honeymoon if he
volunteered as a replacement Wireless Operator/Air Gunner for the Doig crew.
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Donald & Joan's
Wedding Photo |
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