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A Memorial to a Hampden Crew.

Reunion

On the night of 31 July 1942 at 23.39 Handley Page Hampden AE 244 of 408 Squadron RCAF lifted off from RAF Balderton and headed for its target, Dusseldorf. The crew were, Pilot Sgt Orval Nelson RCAF, Observer Sgt Herbert Warr RAAF, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt Clarence Lloyd RCAF and Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt Harold Price RAFVR Having reached the target and successfully bombed they were just coming off the target when they were coned in searchlights. Orval Nelson takes up the story in a letter before he died,…

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Results from the 408 Goose Squadron Association 2018 AGM voting:

Reunion

The results from the 408 Goose Squadron Association 2018 AGM voting: All in favour of adopting the 2018 annual financial report as attached to the 2018 e-AGM email: In Favour: 97%  Against: 3% Carried 408 Goose Squadron Association Molly “Mother Goose” Rayner Memorial Scholarship.  The 408 Goose Sqn Executive Committee determined that the initial investment of $80,000.00 would provide an adequate investment into a scholarship fund that would build sufficient funds on interest to allow for annual scholarships of $1,000.00 without dipping into the principal amount.  The Criteria would be…

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