Douglas Henry Canning Updated: 10 JAN 2019
Airman: o888571.htm Surname: Canning Init: D H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 196
P_link: p213.htm Plane: STI EH952 Operation: Sea rescue Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d250843 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Kl. 12.47 den 24. august 1943 lettede
STI EH952 fra RAF Witchford på en redningseftersøgning
med 2254 gals. brændstof (10 timers flyvetid). Kl. 07.00 den 25. august 1943 blev et fly med 4
motorer set gå ned på vandet af fiskekutter E403 "Conni". Besætning på 7 blev
kort efter set i
Sergeant Douglas Henry Canning var Air Bomber på STI
EH952. (Kilde: p213MACR)
At 12.47 on 24 August 1943
STI EH952 took off from RAF Witchford on a rescue search
carrying 2254 gals. of fuel (10 hours flying time). On 25 August at 07.00 hrs. a 4-engined aircraft
was observed ditching by fishing vessel E 403 "Conni". Crew of 7 from A/C
shortly after
Sergeant Douglas Henry Canning was the Air Bomber of
STI EH952. (Source: p213MACR) |