Essen. 493 aircraft, 7 losses (1.4%). Accurate marking and concentrated bombing.
The local report states 313 dead and 1224 injured, but no further detail. Reason for Loss: Brought down by a combination of flak and a night-fighter from 21000'
The KIAs were first buried on 29 April 1944 at the Brustem (Saint-Trond) Cemetery, transferred in 1947 to the Heverlee (Leuven) War Cemetery.
Weare landed in Runkelen, NW of Saint-Trond. He was sheltered in Oplinter, then in Tirlemont/Tienen. From there he was led, dressed as a priest, to the home of schoolteacher Melle Irma Bruyninckx. She sheltered him there from 7 May until Liberation on 16 September – Evasion Report SPG 3350/1392.