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2nd June 1942On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Bake Alfred George.
- Brown John Downie. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Hart Robert Isaac. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Hazzard Patrick. Gnr. (d.between 31st May & 2nd of Jun 1942)
- Lambert William Lewis. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Lyons Joseph Edward Richard. Sgt. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Mawdsley William J.. F/O. (d.2nd June 1942)
- Morrell Cyril. L/Sgt. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Robson George. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Strang James. Sgt (d.2nd Jun 1942)
- Thompson Walter Gracey. Sgt. (d.2nd June 1942)
- Worswick John Alan. P/O. (d.2nd Jun 1942)
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Stories from 2nd June 1942
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Gnr. Patrick Hazzard. British Army, 7th Medium Rgt Royal Artillery. (d.between 31st May & 2nd of Jun 1942) I would be greatfull if anyone had any information whatsoever regarding my uncle.Mark Hazard
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P/O. John Alan Worswick. DFC. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 106 Squadron. (d.2nd Jun 1942) My Father Alan Worswick piloted Hampdens, Manchesters and Lancasters in 34 Ops over Germany and France. He was due for leave when on the night of the 14th /15th of April 1942 he force landed Manchester 7317 at Lee the Solent on return from raid on Dortmunde. On the 15th he and his crew were retrieved and flown back from Tangmere to Coningsby by W/C Guy Gibson in Manchester 7485. On the 30th of May Father piloted Lancaster 5848 on the first 1000 Raid to Cologne. On the 1st of June 1942 he piloted Lancaster 5844 on the second 1000 Raid to Essen. Father should not have been flying that night but at the last minute was ordered to take over S/L Lester Stenner's aircraft and crew as for some reason Stenner had declared himself unable to fly. I believe his may have been the the first Lancaster lost from Coningsby, Father was killed just before I was 2 years old.
Pre-war he was a keen racing Motor Cyclist racing in the Manx Grand Prix in 1937 and 1938. They were on the boat in Douglas Harbor in 1939 but as war was imminent it returned to England as the races were cancelled.
E.Worswicke
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Sgt James Strang. Royal Air force Volunteers Reserve, 78 Squadron. (d.2nd Jun 1942) My father, James Strang was stationed at Croft with 78 Sqn, he survived the first thousand bomber raid but stood in for his mate who was getting married and was shot down on the second thousand bomber raid on the 2nd Jun 1942. I understood that he was on a Stirling. His pilot bailed out and was a prisoner of war. He sent my mother a letter telling what happened and I still have it. Malcolm Strang
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Sgt. Walter Gracey Thompson. Royal Air Force, 78 Squadron. (d.2nd June 1942) My uncle Walter Gracey Thompson, from Belfast in Northern Ireland, was a pilot with 78 Squadron of Bomber Command from Croft during WW2. He held the rank of Sergeant and flew a Halifax plane, code EY- Mark 11. On 2nd June 1942 he was shot down and killed off the Dutch coast, aged 22. He was buried at Essen and is commemorated at Runnymede. Many years after his death it was still painful for his older brother,my father, and the rest of the family to talk about him, so I don't know much about his life. I remember being told that like some of the other pilots, he had a little dog he used to take on flights with him, although it was forbidden. I would be interested to hear of any pets the airmen kept and any other details of how they lived. Lorna Paterson
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F/O. William J. Mawdsley. Royal Australian Air Force, 23rd Operational Training Unit. (d.2nd June 1942) Bill Mawdsley was born in 1912 and became a school teacher. In early 1941 he took part in No 9 Course, No 4 Empire Flight Training Scheme at Mascot New South Wales. He was then posted to "Y" Depot, Halifax, Canada leaving his wife Lorna at home in Australia.
After arrival in England he was completing his training at the 23rd OTU at Pershore when he was sent with his crew as part of the second "Thousand Force" night raid to Essen in Germany. He was in command of a Wellington 1c bomber - No R1266-GZ and took off from Pershore at 23.05 and did not return from the mission.
Nothing was known of them until 8 years later when Dutch bulldozers excavated the plane with its dead crew. They had been shot down over Holland and crashed near the Terwindt Brickyard at Kerkdriel (Gelderland) on the west bank of the Maas and and some 13kms west-south-west of Oss in the neighboring province of Noord Braleant. It was thought that two of the crew had perhaps bailed out but not survived. He is buried with his crew at Uden War Cemetery. Noel Thompson
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Sgt. Joseph Edward Richard Lyons. Royal Air Force, 78 Squadron. (d.2nd Jun 1942) Joseph Lyons was the son-in-law of one of my great aunts. He was 40 when he died, I suspect he was full time RAF, not a conscript. He was a flight engineer in a Handley Page Halifax and died on 2nd of June 1942. He is buried in a Canadian Cemetery in HollandLes
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