Waterman Point

Waterman Point (53˚22'00" 129˚16'00" At the junction of Douglas Channel and Grenville Channel, SW of Kitimat). Flight Lt Thomas John Davies Waterman, DFC, who had enlisted at Victoria, was killed in action Sept 3, 1943, aged 23, while flying Lancaster heavy bombers with No 207 (RAF) Squadron. Only two weeks before he was killed, Waterman had taken part in Operation Hydra, a raid on the V-2 rocket plant at Peenemunde, Germany, that delayed production of the deadly missiles for about two...

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