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• 21st September 1944 - THE DARKEST DAY  

• Lost on resupply missions to Arnhem - some crews did survive POW.

• Dakota KG387 - 437 RCAF Husky Squadron

• Dakota KG489 - 437 RCAF Husky Squadron

• Dakota KG656 - 437 RCAF Husky Squadron

• Dakota KG376 - 437 RCAF Husky Squadron

• Dakota KG566 - 233 RAF Squadron

• Dakota KG399 - 233 RAF Squadron

• Dakota KG586 - 233 RAF Squadron

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• 23rd September 1944 - RAF 437 Squadron Dakota III serial KG305 left RAF Blakehill at 1320 on re-supply mission to Arnhem.  Hit by Flak and crashed 1½ km SW of Driel at approximately 17.00 hrs - Some other sources suggest 16:10hrs - ​The aircraft was a total loss - there were no survivors.  The crew were initially buried at the crash location in a field by local civilians.

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• 24th Oct 1944  – FZ655, one of 437’s Dakota failed to return from Antwerp – Flt/Sgt Schneider declared missing - air nursing orderly Margaret Campbell was later buried at Calais – crew killed – mercifully the aircraft carried no wounded on board that could have been heading back to Blakehill bringing the total losses to 12.

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