Donald Haddock
Unqualifred Pharmacentical Chemicals Assistant
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Son of Thomas James Haddock and Selina Frances Haddock, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Hampden AT189 408 Sqn that took-off from RAF Balderton at 22:40 on a gardening mission off Lorient. Crashed at Servel, nearby Lannion Airfield, northern France with the loss of all the crew. P/O Beranek had reported his aircraft was disabled (reasons unknown) and was preparing to ditch in the Channel. Rescue flights and boats found no sign of the aircraft and it was believed to have been lost at sea. Whether the crew had seen the Le Leguer and Bay of Lannion and believed themselves over the Channel or turned inland is not known.
Also killed
P/O Stanley Beranek
Sgt Alfred Squire
Sgt Edward Conwell.
Unknown
Photo of Donald Haddock