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P/O. Marius Bendt "Sonny" Nielsen
Royal Canadian Air Force 432 (Leaside) Squadron
from:Standard, Alberta
(d.6th March 1944)
My uncle Pilot Officer, Air Gunner Marius Nielson together with the seven other crew, Royal Canadian Air Force airmen from 432 Squadron based at RAF Eastmoor in North Yorkshire, were killed on 6th of March 1945 in Halifax VII QO-L (RG-475) while returning from a raid over Chemnitz, Germany. They were shot down by British Coastal Defences. Seven of them are buried in Brookfield Military Cemetery in Surrey.