
Alistair MacNab McKelvie
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Son of George and Janet McKelvie; husband of Elizabeth Walker McKelvie, of North Berwick, East Lothian.
Lancaster R5613 61 Sqn take off 00.01 RAF Syerston mission Essen shot down by Bf110 night fighter piloted by Ofw Fritz Schellwat 5/NJG1 crashing at La Hulpe, killing all but one
crew member.
P/O Ralph Clark DFM
Sgt Stanley Lincoln RNZAF
Sgt Edward Patchett
Sgt Oliver Beswick - Also killed.
F/Sgt Norman Hartley - Son of Norman and Francis Hartley, of Harrogate, Yorkshire. MIA
Sgt William Griffiths. Bailed out landing near Plancenoit , injured bullet wound to the arm evaded via Spain on the " Comet Line " The best-known of the Belgian resistance networks, The Comet Line, organized by Andrée (Dédée) de Jongh, involved some 2,000 resistance members and was able to escort 700 Allied servicemen to Spain.
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