DT769 | EQ-J | 408 Squadron

The Crew of :

Pilot: P/O Alan Osborn Smuck (CWGC Page) RCAF KIA
Sgt John Foggon (CWGC Page) Flight Engineer KIA Aged 19
F/O J.J. Kelly PoW
Sgt B. Domigan PoW
Sgt Robert Barneveld (CWGC Page) Wirewless Operator KIA Aged 19
Sgt Douglas George McKay (CWGC Page) Gunner RCAF KIA Aged 23
Sgt David Lloyd George Brown (CWGC Page) Gunner RCAF KIA Agwed 20

DT769 got airborne at 00.08 on the 14th July 1943 from Leeming.

Outbound, shot down by a night- fighter (Lt Rolf Bussman, 1./NJG1) and crashed 0140 at Fellenoord (Noord Brabant), 3 km S of Drunen, Holland.

Of those killed, four are buried in Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery;
Sgt Brown RCAF is buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen op Zoom.
Sgt B.Domigan initially evaded until captured at St.Jean de Luz 10Sep43. Imprisoned in Fresnes Prison until interned in Camps L6/357, PoW No.1476.
F/O J.J.Kelly in Camp L3, Pow No.1776.

Tilburg

Tilburg Cemetery