Son of George Alfred and Susannah Danby, of 22 Prestbury Road, Liverpool.
Alan served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with 405 RCAF Squadron based at Pocklington. He was a Bomb Aimer on Halifax W1175 LQ-C that took off at 23:32 hrs for an operation to bomb Bremen in Germany. On the homeward bound journey, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed on sandbank De Waard in the Wadden Sea off Friesland.
Six of the crew were reported as missing in action, they have no known grave. The body of Air Gunner 407695 Flt Sgt Murray Ralph Kleisdorff of the RAAF is buried in Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 2. Grave 4.:
The crew members of W1175 were:
Flight Sergeant John Drew Ailey (R/68523) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Frank Ansell (1213401) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Alan Danby (1065468) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant William Ewart Nixon Field (R/56351) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer II Rowan Charles Fitzgerald (R/69615) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Murray Ralph Kleisdorff (407695) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Eric Omar Smith (1169531) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Submitted by Penny Green Find a Grave ID: 49537064
Alan's brother Francis Danby also died on service in the RAVR.
Alan served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with 405 RCAF Squadron based at Pocklington. He was a Bomb Aimer on Halifax W1175 LQ-C that took off at 23:32 hrs for an operation to bomb Bremen in Germany. On the homeward bound journey, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed on sandbank De Waard in the Wadden Sea off Friesland.
Six of the crew were reported as missing in action, they have no known grave. The body of Air Gunner 407695 Flt Sgt Murray Ralph Kleisdorff of the RAAF is buried in Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 2. Grave 4.:
The crew members of W1175 were:
Flight Sergeant John Drew Ailey (R/68523) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Frank Ansell (1213401) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Alan Danby (1065468) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant William Ewart Nixon Field (R/56351) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer II Rowan Charles Fitzgerald (R/69615) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Murray Ralph Kleisdorff (407695) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Eric Omar Smith (1169531) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Submitted by Penny Green Find a Grave ID: 49537064
Alan's brother Francis Danby also died on service in the RAVR.
Son of George Alfred and Susannah Danby, of 22 Prestbury Road, Liverpool.
Alan served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with 405 RCAF Squadron based at Pocklington. He was a Bomb Aimer on Halifax W1175 LQ-C that took off at 23:32 hrs for an operation to bomb Bremen in Germany. On the homeward bound journey, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed on sandbank De Waard in the Wadden Sea off Friesland.
Six of the crew were reported as missing in action, they have no known grave. The body of Air Gunner 407695 Flt Sgt Murray Ralph Kleisdorff of the RAAF is buried in Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 2. Grave 4.:
The crew members of W1175 were:
Flight Sergeant John Drew Ailey (R/68523) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Frank Ansell (1213401) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Alan Danby (1065468) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant William Ewart Nixon Field (R/56351) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer II Rowan Charles Fitzgerald (R/69615) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Murray Ralph Kleisdorff (407695) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Eric Omar Smith (1169531) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Submitted by Penny Green Find a Grave ID: 49537064
Alan's brother Francis Danby also died on service in the RAVR.
Alan served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with 405 RCAF Squadron based at Pocklington. He was a Bomb Aimer on Halifax W1175 LQ-C that took off at 23:32 hrs for an operation to bomb Bremen in Germany. On the homeward bound journey, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed on sandbank De Waard in the Wadden Sea off Friesland.
Six of the crew were reported as missing in action, they have no known grave. The body of Air Gunner 407695 Flt Sgt Murray Ralph Kleisdorff of the RAAF is buried in Harlingen General Cemetery Plot E. Row 2. Grave 4.:
The crew members of W1175 were:
Flight Sergeant John Drew Ailey (R/68523) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Frank Ansell (1213401) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Alan Danby (1065468) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant William Ewart Nixon Field (R/56351) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer II Rowan Charles Fitzgerald (R/69615) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Murray Ralph Kleisdorff (407695) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Eric Omar Smith (1169531) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Submitted by Penny Green Find a Grave ID: 49537064
Alan's brother Francis Danby also died on service in the RAVR.
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