Urquhart Point

Urquhart Point (53˚34'00" 130˚11'00" S end of Dixon I, Principe Channel, between McCauley I and Banks I). Flying Officer Robert Alexander Urquhart, DFC, born at Moose Jaw but a resident of Vancouver, was a member of the famous RAF “Dambusters” squadron (No 617), which bombed and damaged several German dams on the nights of May 16 and 17, 1943. He was killed in action on May 17, aged 24, when the Lancaster bomber he was navigating was shot down while returning from an attack on the Eder...

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