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Operation: Night Intruder
Date: 09th November 1943 (Tuesday)
Unit: No. 418 Squadron (motto: Inuktitut Piyautailili - 'Defend even unto death') 11 Group
Type: Mosquito FB VI
Serial: HJ830
Code: TH-J
Base: RAF Ford, Sussex
Location: Near Poix-de-Picardie, Somme, France
Pilot: F/O. 'Arnie' John Lees Darrell Armstrong MiD. J/22452 (R82222) RCAF Age 26. Killed
Obs: F/O. 'Brownie' Arthur John Brown J/14164 (R/138325) RCAF Age 26. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 19:02 hrs alone for a night intruder mission to Poix airfield. Failed to return.
We have been unable to establish of they were hit by flak or a victim of a night fighter. But considering they crashed in the target area more likely to have been hit by anti-aircraft fire.
Burial and other details:
Both of the crew were buried on the 11th of November 1943, The graves were looked after by a Miss Christine Depestel who places flowers on the graves.
F/O. John Lees Darrell Armstrong MiD. Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard. Row D. Grave 16. Born on the 16th October 1917 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada.. Worked at the Royal Bank of Canada as a teller. Enlisted on the 10th December 1940. Trained at 60 Operational Training Unit. Son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Armstrong, (née Lees) of Westmount, Province of Quebec, Canada. The People's Mosquito.
F/O. Arthur John Brown. Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard. Row D. Grave 17. Born on the 23rd October 1917 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Worked at the Royal Bank of Canada as n accountant. Enlisted on the 30th October 1941. Trained at 60 Operational Training Unit. Son of Arthur and Nellie Brown (née Edwards), of Sidney, British Columbia, Canada.
Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to the National Archives Kew Air 27-1820-41/42, Government of Canada Service Files.
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