Minnis Bay

Minnis Bay (53˚20'00" 129˚27'00" S side of Hinton I, between Farrant I and Pitt I). RCAF pilot officer Harvey B Minnis, from Victoria, was killed in action on Apr 27, 1943. He was part of No 115 (RAF) Squadron, which flew medium and heavy bombers (Vickers Wellingtons and Avro Lancasters), mainly on night sorties over Germany’s industrial Ruhr region. Minnis was awarded the DFC for completing a number of missions “with courage and determination” over “many of the enemy’s most heavily...

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