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Posted by Paul McMillan on Sun Oct 14, 2001 05:28:00 PM

L7390 106 Sqn Wednesday 26 Mar 1942 Coded ZN-? on a operation to Essen

Take Off 20:00 Conningsby. Shot down by a night fighter (Oblt. Ludwig Becker 6./NJG2) and crashed at
22:28 through the ice of the IJsselmeer off Konswerderzand and west of Malthum Holland.

The body of the pilot F/L Dunlop-Mackenzie was washed ashore at Harlingen on 7th May 1942, where he
buried. His crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. This was the first Manchester loss for 106
Sqn.

Those Killed in Action

F/L Robert Jack Dunlop-Mackenzie, aged 23, RAF, Service Number 40685 of St. John's Wood, London
P/O Peter Norman Cann, aged 20, RAFVR, Service Number 100035 of Newcastle-on-Tyne
Sgt Raymond Benjamin Burrows, aged 21, RAFVR, Service Number 1160932 of March, Cambridgeshire
Sgt Kimber Hill, aged 21, RAFVR, Service Number 1053799 of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
F/S Wilfred Deryck Welham, aged 21, RAFVR, Service Number 751432 of Brighton, Sussex
Sgt William Grant McDonald, aged 2o, RAF, Service Number 619899 of Glasgow, Scotland
Sgt John Joseph Stewart, aged 31, RAFVR, Service Number 969988 of Blackpool, Lancashire



L7426 83 Sqn (Pathfinder Force) 9 Mar 1942 Coded OL-D on an operation to Essen

Take off 22:50 Scampton. Shot down by a night fighter (Oblt. Ludwig Becker 6./NJG2) and crashed 03:24 in the
IJseelmeer. 3 km east north east of Enkhuizen Holland, while homebound. Three bodies, those of the pilots and the
tailgunner were washed ashore and are buried in Bergen General Cemetary.

The rest of the crew have no no known graves.

P/O Frosts DFM had been gazetted on 11 Feb 1941, for Sercice with 144 Sqn

Those Killed in Action


P/O Christopher Ronald Frost DFM, aged 25, RAFVR, Service Number 114266 of Beverley, Yorkshire.
P/O Ian Frederick Livingstone, aged 25, RAFVR, Service Number 61282 of Stirling, Scotland
P/O William Arthur Harris, aged 24 RCAF Service Number J/5082 of Toronto, Ontario (listed as Pilot)
F/S William Durham Biltcliffe, aged 22, RAFVR, Service Number 901690 of Honicknowle, Devon
Sgt Stanley Grunwell, aged 27, RAFVR, Service Number 1326330 of Crossflats, Yorkshire
Sgt Harold Reginald Ray, RAFVR, Service Number 1376053
Sgt Joseph Howard Stone, aged 27, RAFVR, Service Number 931488 (W.Op./Air Gunner)

Note the Canadian records list Harris as a Pilot, the Bomber Command Losses as Livingstone.. I do not know which is correct

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