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J.N. DARNEY

2.

operational flight to Krefeld in Germany. On the 2nd July, he was
posted to No. 75 (N.Z.) Squadron at Mepal, Cambridgeshire and as the
pilot of Stirling aircraft he carried out a further five operational
flights the targets including Hamburg (3), and Essen in Germany.

On the 30th July, Flight Sergeant Darney
was the pilot of a Stirling aircraft which took off on an operational
flight over ^{to Remscheid,} Germany and failed to return to its base. All the
members of the crew including Flight Sergeant Darney were classified
as missing. With no further news forthcoming his death was officially
presumed to have occured on the 30th July, 1943.

5/2/6373 AS2
421 hours as Pilot

Mrs O. E. Darney (M)
83 Barrett Street,
NEW PLYMOUTH