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Sgt. Alexander Strathern McJannett

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 12 Sqdn.

from:Leicestershire

(d.27th April 1944)

In the early morning of 27th April 1944 RAF Lancaster ND 873 12e squadron from Wickenby was shot down by a German nightfighter and crashed in the south of the Netherlands. The seven crew members didn't survive. Their graves are at 'Jonkerbos' war cemetery in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The crew members were:

  • F/O A.T. McKay (navigator)
  • Sgt R.W. Laybourne (flight engineer)
  • Sgt A.K. Shiels (airgunner)
  • F/O L.L. Smith (airbomber)
  • Sgt A.S. McJannett (wireless operator)
  • Sgt H.E. Dyerson (airgunner)
  • P/O G.E. Nicholls (pilot)



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