Details of 
		this plane B-24 KG964 from
		
		
		RAF Commands web-site found by Steve Nichol and Lars 
		Wikander: 
		
		25/26-2-1945  No.224 Sqn. 
		
		Liberator VIII KG964:XB-D            
		See also
		
		
		Google Map p486_B-24_KG964.
  Took off 2207
		Milltown on the 
		25th, with a load of ten 250lb depth charges, detailed to carry out an 
		anti-submarine patrol  in the vicinity of the Swedish coast. Nothing 
		was heard from the aircraft after take off, and it did not return to 
		base*.                                                          
		CWGC-links: 144782 F/O (Capt./Pilot) 
		Reginald William PONTING RAFVR +       
		Panel 267 on the Runnymede Memorial. 
		1801251 F/Sgt (2nd Pilot) 
		Ronald HADLOW RAFVR +                   
		Panel 271 on the Runnymede Memorial. AUS420022 F/L (1st 
		Nav.) 
		Claude MAPLETOFT RAAF +                
		Panel 282 on the Runnymede Memorial.  J/95233 P/O (2nd Nav.) 
		Leslie Anwyl 
		CHADWICK RCAF +             
		Panel 280 on the Runnymede Memorial. 1064874 F/Sgt (Flt. Eng.) 
		John James WILLIAMS
		RAFVR +           
		Panel 273 on the Runnymede Memorial. 
		R/189573 F/Sgt (W.Op.[Air]) 
		Thomas Edward MURPHY RCAF +    
		Panel 282 on the Runnymede Memorial. R/195678 
		F/Sgt (W.Op.[Air]) 
		Joseph Leo GALLIPEAU RCAF +  
		
    	See also the Falkenbergs Tidning 28 FEB 1945 
		and Hallands Nyheter 28 FEB + 03 MAR 1945.   
		658750 F/Sgt (W.Op.[Air]) 
		Cyril JACKSON RAF +                         
		Panel 271 on the Runnymede Memorial. 1881845 Sgt (Air Gnr.) 
		Maurice George BLISS RAFVR +               
		Panel 273 on the Runnymede Memorial.  2209857 Sgt (Air Gnr.) 
		Dafydd Cynfal 
		DAVIES RAFVR + (listed on CWGC as No.244 Sqn.)   Panel 274 
		on the Runnymede Memorial. 1899789 Sgt (Air Gnr.) 
		Gilbert William CARTER RAFVR +             
		Panel 274 on the Runnymede Memorial.
  The remains of F/Sgt
		Gallipeau RCAF, were washed ashore at 
		Varberg on the Swedish west coast and buried in 
		Varberg.  (Well, actually the body of Gallipeau was 
    	found by Birger Karlsson, the skipper of a Swedish trawler, see Hallands Nyheter 28 FEB + 03 MAR 1945.)  
		 The remaining 10 crew members are 
		commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. 
		 * Liberator XB-P of the same squadron reported a loud explosion at 
		0304 hours, which may have been KG964 blowing up.  The crew of XB-P 
		also reported the presence of a so-called 'Sperr 
		Brecher' (a ship equipped with anti-aircraft guns and other 
		artillery) in the area,  and reported light flak passing over their 
		aircraft. This may have been what caused the the loss of KG964 
		(AIR27/1389)
  See: 'Making For Sweden...' Part 1- The RAF 1939 
		to 1945.  Wegmann,Rolph & Bo Widfeldt. Walton-on-Thames:Air 
		Research Publications,1997. pp.225-6 
  
		
		Additional information from Lars Wikander on 22 JUN 2019: 
		German steamer Ginnheim reported: ”shot down NE 
		of Anholt” 
		
		 RAF: The 224 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1389) has the 
		following notation regarding Liberator KG964/D - "(See Leuchars 
		Form Orange 02"26/Feb/45 reference 0311/26 - aircraft in flames etc.)" 
		Form Orange LEU/02/26 can be traced to the 547 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2034). 
		The Form 541 entry for Liberator S on 25-26 February 1945 
		records: "At 
		0311 in position 56 44 N, 12 ?? E observed on port beam, 5 
		miles (8 kms) distant, flak followed by a fire in the air, obviously 
		an aircraft.  This aircraft was later seen to crash in the sea, 
		burning furiously. The flak came from a convoy of 8 - 9 ships". 
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