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13th January 1945 On this day:  Heavy Casualties  429 Squadron Halifax lost  In Action  The Field  Snow and Ice  Hold fast  On the Move  Artillery in Action  Inspection  Prisoners  Football  Lancaster raid  Plan  Advance  Short move  Entertainment  On the March  Returned from crash landing  Raids  Orders  In Action  Children assist Squadron move  Orders  Wing Commnader killed in flying accident  Snow  Patrols  Bomber crew survive  Attack Made If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Bastianen C. A.. Pilot (d.13th January 1945) Bennett Cyril Victor. Flt.Lt. (d.13th Jan 1945) McMullen William Stuart. P/O (d.13th Jan 1945) Muntinga J. H.. Lt. (d.13th January 1945) Shone Frederick. Pte. (d.13th January 1945) van_Driel Johannes. Cpl. (d.13th January 1945) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 27th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:28 items tagged 13th of January 1945 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Stories from 13th January 1945 P/O William Stuart McMullen. Royal Canadian Air Force, 428 Squadron. (d.13th Jan 1945) As an ex-Darlington resident I am very interested to learn more about William Stuart McMullen, Canadian Pilot killed when his Lancaster crashed on the outskirts of the town in 1945. Our family does have some connection to the McMullen story as my father was apparently one of the first on the scene after the crash. He did tell my mother that he helped to extricate the pilot from the plane but on reading the documented reports it would appear that P/O McMullen had already been ejected from the plane when it crashed, so maybe my father helped remove him from the debris and from the seat which he apparently was still strapped to. Details of P/O McMullens injuries were passed on to us but obviously that is something which needs no re-telling. I have no reason to doubt my father’s claims and indeed he was quite emotional in the re-telling of the event. I recently learned that Mr McMullen is buried in Stonefall Cemetery Commonwealth War Graves section here in Harrogate and on Saturday I visited his grave. I’m so glad I took some flowers as his is one of the few graves which does not bear any floral tribute. Almost all of the others have a rose bush or some other shrub and the overall effect is one of tranquil beauty. I found the experience very emotional and the connection with Darlington, my late parents etc was quite overwhelming. This brave pilot saved the lives of so many and who knows, maybe I wouldn’t be here to tell this tale had he baled out and allowed the aircraft crash onto Eastbourne area of the town which my parents lived in. I am very surprised that for his heroic gesture McMullen was not recognised with some sort of posthumous commendation/medal and wondered if there was any way of setting the wheels in motion in order for this to happen? Also, I would love to make contact with his daughter, Dona Mae Barber, in Canada or other relatives to ascertain what, if anything, they would like to have put on his grave. I would love to dedicate this with a rose or similar floral tribute. Lesley Tudor Add to this record. Lt. J. H. Muntinga. Royal Air Force, No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF. (d.13th January 1945) During a flight of an RAF Mitchell FW227 NO-P of 320 Squadron, a bomb exploded on board at 14:29 hrs (GMT)in mid-air over target Manderfeldt and crashed. Crew members were: Lt. J.H. Muntinga - KIA - grave at Amersfoort-Rusthof F/O G.F. Mertens (from Belgium) - KIA Cpl.P.H. Peetoom - KIA - grave at Amersfoort-Rusthof Cpl. P.J.E. Van Dam - KIA - grave at Amersfoort-Rusthof sflynn Add to this record. Pilot C. A. Bastianen. Royal Air Force, No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF. (d.13th January 1945) Mitchell FR181 NO-R air craft of 320 Squadron was thrown aside by explosion of FW227 and went down in flames nr. Target Manderfeldt. Crew members were: Pilot C.A. Bastianen - KIA - grave at Haarlem-St.Barbara Naval Off. L.Th. Limbosch - KIA - grave at Grebbeberg 9-10 Sgt. E.C. Van Harselaar - KIA - grave at Amersfoort-Rusthof Cpl. J. Van Driel - KIA - grave at Loenen D15 sflynn Add to this record. Flt.Lt. Cyril Victor "Bennie" Bennett. DFC Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve , 515 Sqd.. (d.13th Jan 1945) Cyril Bennett DFC served with 256 and 515 Squadrons. R W Bennett Add to this record.

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