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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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13.05.1940 No 264 Squadron Defiant I L6965 P/O. McLeod

Operation: Patrol - German troop transports

Date: 13th May 1940

Unit: No. 264 Squadron

Type: Defiant I

Serial: L6965

Code: PS-?

Base: Duxford (via Martlesham)

Location: South of Zevenbergen

Pilot: P/O. Alexander McLeod 42013 RAF Evaded

Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt Walter Edward Cox 747745 RAF Evaded

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off at 04:15 hrs from Martlesham along with 5 other Boulton Paul Defiant's together with 6 Spitfires from 66 Squadron acting as escort. The object being to patrol the Dutch coast between Ijmuiden and the Hague to attack German troop transport.

Attacked by members of JG26, shot down with the others from 264 Squadron.

Came down near the Hazeldonkse Zandweg - aircraft burnt out but both crew survived and evaded with the assistance of local inhabitants.

Above and below 264 Squadron crews.

Very happy to share any information we have to promote the memory of these chaps, we also welcome contributions.

Acknowledgements: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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