Date of death:

April 3rd, 1943 (Opheusden, Gelderland)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 4. Row: F. Grave: 10.

Service number:

J/9850

Nationality:

Canadian

F/O John Dugald McBride
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner RCAF
No. 408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF
He was the radio operator on Halifax bomber JB866 EQ-T. On its way to a bombing raid on Essen (Germany), it was shot down by a German night fighter from L/NJG (Venlo) and crashed in an orchard on Tielsestraat in Opheusden. All seven crew members were killed.
He was buried on April 5, 1943, in the rectory garden next to the Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church in Uden.
The province of Saskatchewan in Canada named a bay after him, “McBride Bay.”
The following were killed with him:
Sgt. G.D. Boyer, W. Op. / Air Gunner RCAF
Sgt. K.O. Brice, Flight Engineer RCAF
Flt. Sgt. F.R. Burke, Air Gunner RCAF
Wt. Offr. II M.G. Church, Navigator RCAF
P/O G.A. Fletcher, Air Bomber RCAF
P/O E.A. Sirett, Pilot RCAF

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• Photo 1: Archief A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden
• - Flying Officer John Dugald McBride | War Casualty Details 2765874 | CWGC
  - Flying Officer John Dugald McBride (onbekend-1943) - Find a Grave-gedenkplek
  - Air Forces WW2 Casualty : Flying Officer J D McBRIDE (J/9850), Royal Canadian Air Force [RAFCommands]
  - Accident Handley Page Halifax Mk II JB866, Saturday 3 April 1943
  - Airwar Neder-Betuwe | Handley Page Halifax Mk. II
  - Archive A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden

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