The information on this page was supplied by Mrs Marlene Randal from Canada.

Her Father was a Rear Gunner with 576 Sqn and flew from Fiskerton.

Many thanks to Marlene for supplying these images on her Father.

He was Flight Sergeant Dan Ranchuk,(later Randal,)R.C.A.F.

576 Sqn crew of F/O B H O'Neil (4th from left),

Danny Ranchuk on far right.

Air Bomber - F/O Haakstad ,

Navigator Sgt Ogilvie,

WOP Sgt Smith,

Flt Eng Sgt Durran,

Mid upper gunner Sgt George.

Danny during training at Moncton New Brunswick Canada April 1943

(Marlene added these comments to this

picture of her parents.)

I believe this was mom & dad's "original"

wedding picture.

They were married on August 20, 1945

at the register office in Horncastle, Lincoln.

She was 17 and he was 22.

When mom arrived in Canada,

her Romanian mother-in-law would not

accept her as dad's wife

until they had a church wedding

blessed by the priest.

At that time, they were living in my

grandparent's home in Windsor,

Ontario so they had to remarry in the

Romanian Church in August of 1946.

Grandma Ranchuck was finally happy!

When Betty arrived in Canada, her Romanian mother-in-law would not accept her as Danny's wife until they had

a church wedding blessed by the priest.  At that time,

they were living on the farm with Danny's parents in Windsor, Ontario

so they had to remarry in the Romanian Church in August of 1946.  

Crewmember Sgt Ogilvie

in 1995 with friends in

his home town of

Dundee enjoying a BBQ

The Three following files show the Sqn makeup as of 19 January 1945

The numbers bracketed after the aircrews names refer to the number of operational Tours that each airman  had completed (30 operations per Tour)

The numbers unbracketed refer to the number of operations undertaken whilst at the Sqn