The story
At the date of 07-03-1945, time: not known, the aircraft type Mosquito has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: IJsselmeer. The unit of crew and plane is: 406 Sqdn. First flyer rank: Flying Officer, name: E.A. Oswald. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Mosquito NF30 - NT418 - with Flying Officer Oswald missing from night intruder to Stade
Crash - IJsselmeer - Southern Section
J/87419 - Flying Officer - Pilot - Elmer Adrian Oswald - RCAF - Age 23 - KIA
Olaf Oswald (father) - died 1954, Beda Oswald (mother) - died 1979
Eiva A. Noble (née Oswald) (sister) - born 03 Dec 1911 - died 08 Jan 2012 - Age 100
....... - Navigator - ??????? - ???
Discrepancy: !!! Age 23 (birth 8 Nov 1921) - CWGC gives Age 26 !!! - info 29 Jan 2012 - PATS
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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