Dear all, last year a memorial was erected for the fallen crew members of Dakota FZ626. The RAF 271 Squadron Dakota crashed while on a re-supply mission during the Battle of Arnhem. Last Friday the memorial was unveiled. Here’s a link to my photoreport: https://www.tracesofwar.com/news/6887/Fotoverslag-onthulling-monument-Dakota-FZ626-te-Arnhem.htm
By: avialogs - 24th September 2018 at 20:02
While writing the history of FZ668, it becomes an evidence that many other crews would have been lost this day without the sacrifice of FZ626 and F/L Wilson. German troops were holding the DZ, setting up a “flak trap” for all resupplying aircraft and F/L Wilson crashed willingly his mangled aircraft on a nest of Flak 38. He missed them but the panic following allowed other aircraft, including ours to conduct their mission and to fly back home. F/L Lord, VC crashed during the same mission.
We are restoring FZ668 to airworthy status, you can support the project here: https://www.avialogs.aero/index.php/donate
You will find attached the Squadron records log.
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September 24, 2018 at 7:01 pm