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16/17 November 1942 Wellington Mk III - BJ584 - KO-Q |
Source: 115 Squadron Roll of Honour by D. Bruce, W. R. Chorley, J. G. J. de Haan.
Minor Operations: 65 aircraft minelaying to various places from Lorient to the Frisian Islands.
2 Wellingtons and 1 Stirling lost.
Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk - Bomber Command - Campaign Diary November 1942.
ORB. 16th. Nov. 1942.
7 aircraft (4 from "A flight & 3 from "B" Flight)
took off on MINELAYING OPERATIONS between 16.55 hours & 17.05 hours.
5 of the aircraft successfully located their positions by visual pinpoint and dropped
their mines on D.R. from heights ranging between 500 feet and 900 feet,
and one of them (A/C. V.B.J.965 - Captain Sgt. ROSS) crash landed on return owing to Flak damage.
1 aircraft (A/C. N.B.J.990 - Captain P/O. THOMAS) was forced to abandon the sortie
to bad visibility and returned to base early bringing back its mines.
1 aircraft failed to return from operations.
00.30 The remaining 6 aircraft had returned to base after operations.
Gill Thomas - Pilot
Sgt - Service No 1343515
Age: 20
RAFVR
Son of John and Margaret Gill, of Prestwick, Ayrshire.
Escoublac-la-Baule War Cemetery,
Departement Loire Atlantique, France - grave 2. H. 4
Source: CWGC - photo via nl.geneanet.org - Find a Grave.
Johnson Douglas Graeme Harrison - Observer
F/S - Service No R84187
Age: 22
RCAF
Son of
Harry A. and Myrtle M. Johnson, of Simcoe,
Ontario, Canada.
Escoublac-la-Baule War Cemetery,
Departement Loire Atlantique, France - grave 2. H. 3
Source: CWGC - photo and more info on Canadian virtual war memorial. - Find a Grave.
Watkinson James Lester - WOP
F/S - Service No R69360
Age: 24
RCAF
Son of Harry T. Watkinson and Edna Mae Watkinson,
of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Sarzeau Communal Cemetery, Departement Morbihan, France
Source: CWGC - photo and more info on Canadian virtual war memorial. - Traces of War - Find a Grave.
Morris Arnold - BA
Sgt - Service No 655938
Age: 22
RAFVR
Son of Tom and Hannah M. Morris, of Pontlottyn, Glamorgan.
Runnymede Memorial - panel 90
Source: CWGC.
Clarke Thomas - RG
Sgt - Service No 1058877 - DMF
Age: 21
RAFVR
Son of John and Martha Clarke, of Bolton, Lancashire.
Escoublac-la-Baule War Cemetery,
Departement Loire Atlantique, France - grave 2. G. 12
Source: CWGC - photo via Sgt. Clarke's sister (my mother), Cunliffe, Nigel, - nl.geneanet - Find a Grave.