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Flight ED934, AJ-K "King"

It is my intention to visit in August the last resting place of as many of the Dambusters who lie in Holland & Germany, but whilst researching these I looked the details of flight ED934, AJ-K "King"

This was one of the first flights to depart, at 21:28 on the 16th of May 1943. It is documented as being shot down at 23:00 hours off the Dutch Coast at Texel. Only one crew member has a Commonwealth War Grave, the rest are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

There appears to be two anomalies, the Pilot, Vernon William Byers is listed by the CWGC as having died on the 17th of May, whilst the remainder of the crew are listed as having died on the 16th. Also the Wireless Operator, Arthur Neville Whittaker, has his surname spelt with one "T" on the CWGC, whilst most websites and listings spell it with two "Ts" (I am not sure which spelling is correct)