519 Squadron

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Thank you.

We will remember them.

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The headstone for Corporal Strachan has recently been fully refurbished and is now very easy to find. It is close to the Lidl entrance to the cemetery and 4 aisles in from the gate.

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I should add that the aircraft involved was a Lockheed Ventura and would normally be used for Meteorological Reconnaissance.
Sorry I haven't managed to visit the graves this year to tend to them

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The Pilot of the aircraft Flight Lieutenant Charles Gaines served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was son of Charles Stewart Gaines and Myrtle Lucy Gaines, of Aroostook, New Brunswick. HIs co-pilot Flight Sergeant Walter Sweetapple served with the Royal Air Force came from Newfoundland which did not join with the rest of Canada till 1949 (so he was not eligible for the Royal Canadian Air Force)