RAF
159 Squadron
Shot Down February 29, 1944
Mission History
Shot down on a mission to Rangoon, and crew buried at the crash site. The graves, plus one other from BZ962 found 3000 yards away, were moved to Rangoon War Cemetery in 1952, but each is labelled as an "unknown RAF airman" who died on 29 Feb. 1944.
References
Matt Poole
"Through the PWD Discussion Forum I have linked up with Allen Hamilton, who is going to be travelling to the Rangoon area very soon. Given enough free time, he said he'd get out to the more or less exact site where the bodies of 6 crewmen from an RAF B-24 Liberator were buried after being shot down on 29 Feb 1944. My mother's first husband was one of the men on the aircraft.
Even if nothing much materializes during Allen's visit, I feel compelled to thank you for your website. At least I have finally found someone who can go out to the site, which is near Rangoon. I just cannot go myself. So thanks for setting up your website and the Discussion Board and for giving me the opportunity to link up with Allen. This story is still evolving eleven years after I started researching."
B-24
