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7th March 1945 On this day:  44 Squadron Lancaster lost  On the move  Halifax Lost  Halifax Lost    On the Move  419 Sqd Lancaster KB797 Loss  On the Move  Advance Party  Artillery Active  Move to the north  Mosquito lost at Durch airfield  Summary of events  Hookforce  Collision over the Kattegat  New recruits  At Rest  Enemy Positions  On the Move  Smoke  On the Move  At Rest  Conference  Pilot shortage  Inspection  On the Move  Three Lancasters lost  Exercise Riff-raff  Special Radio operator shot If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Acton Walter Tresilian. Lt.Cmdr. (d.7th March 1945) Beach . Sgt. (d.7th March 1945) Bellantino Dominic. Flight Sergeant Duckworth Ernest Verdon. F/Lt. (d.7th Mar 1945) Gerstner Jacob. Tec. (d.7th March 1945) Mckie Frederick A.. Pte. (d.7th March 1945) McNeill Bevan Terrill. F/O. (d.7th March 1945) Mitchell Reginald Leroi. P/O. (d.7th March 1945) Moss John. Gnr. (d.7th March 1945) Moss John. Gnr. (d.7th March 1945) Short William Edward. F/O. (d.7th Mar 1945) Williams Thomas Edwin Jones. Pte. (d.7th March 1945) Wilson Ross Thomas. Sgt. (d.7th Mar 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 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 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. 16th Jan 2025 - 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. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 265273 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about the 7th of March 1945? There are:29 items tagged 7th of March 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 7th March 1945 Flight Sergeant Dominic Bellantino. RCAF, 434 Squadron. My uncle Dominic Bellantino served with the RCAF in 424 Squadron and was killed on the 7th March 1945. He is buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery. I believe he was stationed at Skipton on Swale and was a gunner for a Lancaster "N". The pilot of his plane was W.D. Lighthall. Does anyone have have some info or photos of his squadron, his plane, etc. or any photos of the Air Base at that time? Nancy Bellantino Add to this record. F/Lt. Ernest Verdon Duckworth. Royal Canadian Air Force, 407 Squadron. (d.7th Mar 1945) A plaque on Tarka Trail near Bideford, North Devon remembers Flight Lieutenant Ernest Verdon Duckworth who served with 407 Squadron RCAF Coastal Command during WW2 and was killed in action on the 7th March 1945 in the crash of Wellington Bomber P for Peter. He is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. Add to this record. Tec. Jacob "Jake" Gerstner. United States Army, . (d.7th March 1945) My uncle Tec Jacob `Jake' Gerstner was a POW in Stalag 4B. We were informed that he was taken from the barracks and not seen again. We would appreciate any other information that anyone may have about him or anyone who may have been with him in the camp. He was declared dead on 7th March 1945. Robert Gerstner Add to this record. Gnr. John Moss. British Army, Royal Artillery. (d.7th March 1945) John Moss was the husband of Mary Moss. of Stretford, Lancashire. He died aged 38 and is buried in the Abbeyleix New Cemetery in Co. Leitrim, Ireland. s flynn Add to this record. Gnr. John Moss. British Army, Royal Artillery. (d.7th March 1945) Gunner Moss was the Husband of Mary Moss. of Stretford. Lancashire. He was 38 when he died and is buried in the Abbeyleix New Cemetery in Ireland. s flynn Add to this record. Lt.Cmdr. Walter Tresilian Acton. Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Queen Emma. (d.7th March 1945) Lieutenant-Commander Acton was the son of David Howe and Lucy Howe Acton of Kinsale, husband of Constance Acton, of Summercove. He was aged 33 when he died and is buried in the Kinsale (Ringcurran) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland. He died from illness, not in action. s flynn Add to this record. Pte. Frederick A. Mckie. British Army, Army Catering Corps . (d.7th March 1945) Frederick Mckie, served with the Army Catering Corps. He died on the 7th of March 1945 aged 27, son of John McGuffy McKie and Louisa McKie of Manchester, husband of Ivy McKie of Longsight, Manchester. He is my dads father, I never met him but am proud of him and would of loved to have known more. He is buried in Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery to which I have been and taken my father, Frederick William McKie, to see. Neil Frederick Mckie Add to this record. Sgt. Beach. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 Squadron. (d.7th March 1945) Sgt Beach was a Bomb Aimer with 419 Squadron at Middleton St George. Add to this record. F/O. William Edward Short. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.7th Mar 1945) F/O William Short was a navigator with 419 Squadron. Add to this record. F/O. Bevan Terrill McNeill. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.7th March 1945) F/O Bevan McNeill aged 23 was a pilot of 419 Squadron. Add to this record. P/O. Reginald Leroi Mitchell. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.7th March 1945) P/O Reginald Mitchell aged 20 was a Rear Gunner with 419 Squadron. Add to this record. Sgt. Ross Thomas Wilson. Royal Canadian Air Force, 419 (Moose) Squadron. (d.7th Mar 1945) F/Sgt Ross Wilson aged 21 was a Flight Engineer of 419 Squadron. Add to this record. Pte. Thomas Edwin Jones Williams. British Army, 4th Battalion Welch Regiment. (d.7th March 1945) Eddie Williams was killed in action in Germany aged 19. T Lloyd Add to this record.

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