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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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14.06.1943 HMS Jackdaw 827 Squadron Barracuda II P9728 Sub-Lt (A) Eaton

Operation: Training

Date: 14th June 1943 (Wednesday)

Unit: No. 827 Squadron. Fleet Air Arm

Type: Barracuda II

Serial: P9728

Code: -

Base: HMS Jackdaw II Dunino, Fifeshire

Location: Firth of Forth

Pilot: Sub-Lt (A) Albert Neville Eaton RNZNVR Age 24. Killed

Nav: Sub-Lt. James Major Dunn RNVR Age 21. Missing - believed killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: P/O. Frank Harry Rowe FX/115026 RN Age 29. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off from RAF Crail on a dive bombing training exercise.

Whilst over the Dalgetty range, failed to recover after spinning 1.5 turns and crashed into the Firth of Forth a miles west of Inchkeith at 10:20 hrs. Two of the crew bodies were recovered, the navigator remaning missing.

Burial details:

Sub-Lt (A) Albert Neville Eaton. Crail Cemetery. Section G. Grave 31. Born on the 14th August 1918 at Wellington, the son of Charles Stoughton Eaton and Cora Eaton (née Shorten), of Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to joining the FAA on the 02nd May 1941 worked as an accounts clerk for Winstone Ltd of Wellington. Awarded his pilots badge on the 20th January 1942.

Sub-Lt. James Major Dunn. Lee-On-Solent Memorial. Bay 4 Panel 6. Son of James Major Dunn and Mary McCracken Dunn.

P/O. Frank Harry Rowe. Birmingham Cemetery (Lodge Hill). Plot 21B. Grave 17961. Son of Francis and Florance Rowe, of Birmingham and husband of Peggy Joan Rowe, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. Grave inscription: 'Life's Race Well Run Life's Work Well Done'.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to Jenifer Lemaire and to the extensive research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland Library Heritage Collection, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:

KTY 28.01.2020

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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 Captain 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', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. 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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