Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
F/Sgt. Alderson was killed when Handley Page Halifax II JB841 EQ-K of 408 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron was lost on a mission to Dortmund. The Halifax crashed near Bergkamen, Germany, with the loss of all seven crew members.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3, page 158
F/Sgt Alderson’s Service Records show that he was born on May 18th 1914 in Bishop Auckland, and emigrated to Canada in 1930 under the auspices of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes. He had been at Watt's Naval School for three years before moving to Canada.
Tony Hibberd has submitted the following:
Halifax JB841 EQ-K had departed Leeming at 2306 for Ops Dortmund.
It was engaged by; 1/schw Flak Abt 429, 2/schw Flak Abt 524 and 1, 3 & 4/lei Flak Abt 839, hit and shot downThe aircraft crashed at Bergkamen at 0121
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 Dr Theo Boiten
