Sunderland W6008

[Oldduffer]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

HELP!!

On 12 March 1944 a 423 Sqn Sunderland was ditched and subsequently sunk, following engine failure.

The crew of ten was rescued, apparently by ships they were sent to protect and there were no casualties – other than some wet feet!

The squadron’s Forms 540 and 541 record the loss but the quality of the National Archive print is so poor that I cannot decipher the captain’s name which is something like: Flight Lieutenant J B Donnett. There was a single warrant officer on board and his name is completely unreadable – please can you help?

For those of you thinking ‘outside the box’, you will have guessed that my query is because I have reached late March 1944 in the manuscript of “Coastal Command Losses – Vol 3”. However, Volume 2 is with A/B and I have no publication details as yet – stay calm my children, you’ve waited 17 years and like a London bus a couple will come along at much the same time!

Early Seasons greetings

Colin Cummings

[Pierre Renier]

Hi Colin

This should help out, pretty clear to read and concurs with Flight Lieutenant J B Donnett as stated - https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...6/1013?r=0&s=5

Waiting for the bus ;)

Kind regards
Pierre

[Oldduffer]

Pierre,

That's great, thank you for sorting that out and so quickly too.

Best wishes
Colin Cummings

[cozzy711]

If you are interested here is the full crew listings

F/Lt John Burnett DONNETT J9914 RCAF
F/O John Alexander MCLENNAN J26824 RCAF
P/O Albert Roy PINDER C23565 RCAF
F/O Geoffrey Lyons PARKER J18791 RCAF
F/O Ronald William Gardew TRUSCOTT J26493 RCAF
P/O David Donald CAMPBELL J18673 RCAF
P/O Dennis Robert HEMMING J19872 RCAF
W/O Keith Thompson ASHE R97017 RCAF
F/Sgt John Vint RYDER DFM 1063655 RAF(VR)
F/Sgt James Alfred TROTT 943903 RAF(VR)
F/Sgt Maurice Norman TROWBRIDGE 1166745 RAF(VR)


Chris

[Oldduffer]

I have been off the forum for several weeks but am grateful for the info provided above - apologies for the tardy response.

Colin Cummings