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Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service Second Edition Robert M Stitt Additional Material

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Son of William and Bessie Offler of Leamington, Ontario, Canada; husband of Margaret C. Offler<br />

of Leamington.<br />

Panel <strong>17</strong>4, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

William Henry Offler.<br />

William Thomas Potter.<br />

James Walton.<br />

Flg Off James Walton, age unknown.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 131472.<br />

Son of Arthur and Susannah Walton; husband of Constance Lina Walton of St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire.<br />

Panel 130, Runnnymede.<br />

Plt Off William Thomas Potter, age 30.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No. 143930.<br />

Son of Thomas Henry and Maud Potter of Shoeburyness, Essex.<br />

Panel 133, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

F/Sgt Alexander Baxter Christie, age 29.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1375581.<br />

Son of John and Nellie Christie; husband of Jean Mary Christie of Barkingside, Essex.<br />

Panel 135, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

F/Sgt John Smith Mckay, age 27.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1325202.<br />

Son of John Smith McKay and Henrietta McKay; husband of Vera Dorothy McKay of Ealing, Middlesex.<br />

Panel 137, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

W/O Class I Maxwell Everette Varney, age 24.<br />

Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/71569.<br />

Son of Archibald Stevens Varney and of Bertha Varney (nee Taylor); husband of Agnes Lindsay Varney<br />

(nee MacDougall) of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.<br />

Panel <strong>17</strong>9, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

Fortress FK208 ‘B’ of 206 Squadron<br />

November 29, 1943: Aircraft ran short of fuel and unable to return to the Azores. Crew attempted to<br />

divert to Gibraltar but found it closed <strong>by</strong> fog. Crashed off Carnero Point, ten miles south of Gibraltar,<br />

while trying to reach Port Lyautey, Morocco. All eight* crewmembers lost, as follows:<br />

F/Sgt Denis John Anthony Mitchener, age 21. (Captain)<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1450109.<br />

Son of John Rudolph Mitchener and Florence Mitchener.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial.<br />

Flg Off Arthur Edward Moule, age 24.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 126145.<br />

Son of Harry Arthur and Edith Moule; husband of Helene Veronica Moule of Blackpool, Lancashire.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial<br />

W/O Donald Brooke Brown, age 22.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1066461.<br />

Son of Charles and Alice Brown of Handbridge, Chester.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial.<br />

W/O David Strang Coutts, age 29.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1023023.<br />

Son of James and Jane Greig Coutts of Forfar, Scotland.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial<br />

David Coutts was one of two survivors of the crash of Fortress IIA FL454 ‘J’ at Benbecula on October<br />

6, 1942.<br />

F/Sgt <strong>Robert</strong> Alfred Charles Burnett, age 21.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1270447.<br />

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