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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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21st April 1945 575 Squadron Dakota III KG326 Fl/Lt. Webb

Operation: Delivery flight

Date: 21st April 1945 (Saturday)

Unit: No. 575 Squadron (motto: The air is our path) 46 Group Transport Command

Type: Dakota III

Serial: KG326

Code: I9-?

Base: RAF Broadwell, Oxfordshire

Location: Dissen am Teutoburger Wald, Germant

Pilot: Fl/Lt. Bernard Herbert Webb NZ/2407 RNZAF Age 34. Killed

Nav: F/O. Alec Stanley Broadhurst Rushton 159987 RAFVR Age 30. Killed

Nav: Fl/Lt. Duncan John Stalker 139414 RAFVR Age Killed

W/Op: Sgt. Percy Thompson 1082227 RAFVR Age Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking from RAF Broadwell at 08:54 hrs to deliver 114 jerrycans of petrol weighing 5016 lbs.

Whilst flying in cloud and rain at 100 feet over Germany veered 18 miles of tracks and flew into a hill 4.5 km north north east of Dissen am Teutoburger Wald at 11:30 hrs.

Burial details:

Buried in a temporary plot F-10-242 at the Allied cemetery Margraten, Netherlands. Reburied at Venray on the 12th December 1946.

Fl/Lt. Bernard Herbert Webb. Venray War Cemetery. Grave VII. A. 13. Born on the 15th August 1910 at Wellington. A law clerk prior to enlisting in the New Zealand army in 1929. Joined the RAF as a clerk on the 21st June 1937Remosterd for pilot trains on the 19th April 1941 and obtained his wings on the 14th February 1942. The son of Reginald Webb and of Frances Webb (née Holmden), of Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand and husband of Jeannette Lucie Burnard-Webb, of Wadestown, Wellington. 1340 flying hours logged.

F/O. Alec Stanley Broadhurst Rushton. Venray War Cemetery. Grave VII. A. 11. Son of Arthur Stanley Rushton and Elaine Jessie Rushton and husband of Phyllis Marian Rushton, of Barnehurst, Kent. Grave inscription: 'Loved And Remembered Always'.

Fl/Lt. Duncan John Stalker. . Venray War Cemetery. Grave VII. A. 12. No further details - are you able to assist?

Sgt. Percy Thompson. Venray War Cemetery. Grave VII. A. 10. No further details - are you able to assist?

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot 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, AWMM, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:

KTY 06-02-2021

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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', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, 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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