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Sgt. William Darby
Royal Canadian Air Force 50 Sqdn.

(d.6th Nov 1944)
William Darby was a member of the seven-man crew of a Lancaster bomber that took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 16.19 hours on 6th November 1944 and did not return. The aircraft crashed over Holland.
Crew members, who are all buried in the Heerde general cemetery, Holland, were:
Flt/Sgt Ralph Andrew Dowling (R/270087), Toronto
P/O George Amos Dunkelman (J/95289), Midland, Ontario
F/O Frederick Arthur Horning (J/36835), Toronto,
F/O Robert Edward Rennie (J25818), Prince Edward Island
F/O George Thompson Gilbert Terris (J/36306)
Sgt William Darby (1737140)
and Flt/Sgt Michael Arthur Cook (R/263352)
The graveyard is 9 miles from SW Zwolle, Holland.

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