205755 Sergeant Richard "Jock" Day Royal Air Force 514 Squadron (d.22nd Mar 1944) My father's brother Sgt R J Day was a wireless operator with 514 Squadron and he was shot down in a Lancaster B2 L.L 684 J.I.N. in the village of Zwartemeer near Emmen(west of the Kamerlingswijk) a mile or so from the German border during an operational flight to or from Frankfurt on the night of 22 March 1944.
The aircraft crew who lost their lives were
- F.O. IJF Rich
- Sgt H John
- Sgt JB Underwood( pilot)
- Sgt AW Johnson
- Sgt RJ Day (wireless operator)
Two members were apparently saved by parachute, but were imprisoned by the Germans. A copy of my uncle's RAF Observers & Air Gunner's Flying Logbook is now in a local museum near to his grave in Neiuw-Dordrecht:
Collectie Brands (Hans Brands), Heerenstreek 11, 7885 AT, Nieuw Dordrecht.
If any surviving family members of the aircrew wish to they can make contact with me.
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