Operation: Duisberg
Date: 17/18th December 1944 (Sunday/Monday)
Unit: 434 Squadron
Type: Halifax III
Serial: NR118
Code: WL-U
Base: RAF Croft, Yorkshire
Location: Pesche near Couvin, Belgium
Pilot: Fl/Lt. James Murray Parrott J/21253 RCAF Age 23. Killed
Fl/Eng: P/O. Leslie Homer Janzen J/94289 RCAF Age 24. Killed
Nav: F/O. Samuel Henry James Pearce J/27505 RCAF Age 28. Killed
Air/Bmr: P/O Allan Edward Kurtzhals J/94600 RCAF Age 24. Killed
W/Op/Air Gunner: P/O Herbert Brown RCAF Baled out - safe
Air/Gnr(M/U): Fl/Sgt. Alexander Divitcoff J/209473 RCAF Age 21. Killed
Air/Gnr(Rear): W/O 2 Gordon Wiliiam Olafsen J/192540 RCAF Age 22. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 02:50 from RAF Croft in North Yorkshire. It is thought that this aircraft was caught in the blast from other aircraft which collided during/after the raid. There is no confirmation of this as yet.
Fl/Lt. James Murray Parrott. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Grave: VIII.B.15. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs Weslie Parrott of Markham, Saskatchewan, Canada. Husband of Patricia (née Hopper) Brother to Don who also served in the RCAF and Margaret Casselman.
P/O. Leslie Homer Janzen. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Grave: VIII.B.14. Son of Peter and Marie Janzen of Erwood, Saskatchewan, Canada.
F/O. Samuel Henry James Pearce. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Grave: VIII.B.18. Son of Frank Harold and Margaret Wilson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and husband of Mary Elizabeth A. Pierce of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Fl/Sgt. Alexander Divitcoff. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Grave: VIII.A.18. Son of Thomas and Antina of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
W/O 2 Gordon Wiliiam Olafsen. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Grave: VIII.B.16. Son of Guttorm and Barbara Olafsen of Steveston, British Columbia, Canada.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember
them. - Laurence
Binyon
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