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5th March 1945On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Biggerstaff Richard A . P/O (d.5th Mar 1945 )
- Campbell Thomas Marnoch. F/O. (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Clarke Norman. FO (d.5th March 1945)
- Coones Maxwell W . P/O (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Cudmore Douglas Edward. Pte. (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Elsome. Doug . Flight Sergeant
- Gibbs. R. A. . F.O. (d. 3rd Feb 1945 )
- Gray Eric Edward. WO (d.5th March 1945)
- Mahoney Frederick. WO (d.5th March 1945)
- McCarthy Benedict J . P/O (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Myers Frank MacGregor . F/O (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Ross Donald Alexander. F/Lt. (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Smith Sidney. Flt Sgt. (Nav) (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Smith Sidney. Flt.Sgt. (d.5th March 1945)
- Thornley. Jack . Sergeant
- Togwell William A . P/O (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Watson Frederick John. F/O. (d.5th March 1945)
- Watts Humphrey S . F/O (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Way William A . F/Sgt (d.5th Mar 1945)
- Wigley Henry Thomas. F/O. (d.5th March 1945)
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Flt Sgt. (Nav) Sidney Smith. Royal Air Force, 514 Squadron. (d.5th Mar 1945) Sidney Smith was my uncle. Although he died almost ten years before I was born and my mother spoke very little about him. Therefore, I only have a few family tales to relate but one poignantly is that he wrote home from training in Canada to say that flying was so wonderful, it was worth dying for. Family history is that he lied about his age so that he could enlist into the RAF.
Tragically he and his crew-mates were killed towards the end of the War. I have been told that they flew a Wellington although I am not confident that is correct. They were shot down over Belgium and the crew were buried there together.
Much more than that I do not know. He had spent his childhood in an orphanage and was, I understand, a strong character. He had not long turned 21 when he died. We do have a lovely photograph of him walking arm-in-arm with two pretty girls, he is in RAF uniform. R Libson
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F/Lt. Donald Alexander Ross. Royal Canadian Air Force, 424 Sqd.. (d.5th Mar 1945) Donald Ross was the pilot of Lancaster NG458 during Operation Chemnitz on the night of the 5/6 March 1945. We think he was involved in a collision with another friendly aircraft. Two Parachutes were seen from the Lancaster, one airman, a S/Sgt was taken to Berlin and released after the war. The other we think was Don. He was taken to Frankenberg and held by Police but when being transferred to Berlin 5 "civilians" attacked the two police and kicked and beat this airman to death. The odds are that it was F/Lt Donald Ross, my Dad's good friend, my Dad, F/L H.C. Manly, searched for him for many years and died without finding any information. Details from "The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman", by Peter Hessel page 66.
David Manly
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F/O. Thomas Marnoch Campbell. Royal Canadian Air Force, 426 Sqd.. (d.5th Mar 1945) My relative, F/O Thomas M Campbell was the bomb aimer of the ill fated Halifax bomber from 426 Squadron, Thunderbirds LW210 OW-Y flown by Ft Lt Emerson, which crashed shortly after take off from RAF Linton on 5th March 1945. Thomas died in the crash, but I have no photo of him, the aircraft or the crash site. Does anyone have a photograph? Any pictures would be of great help to me. Thank you.
Steven Campbell-Collins
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Flt.Sgt. Sidney Smith. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 514 Sqdn.. (d.5th March 1945) I am writing a book about the crash of Lancaster NN775 that crashed at Bunsbeek. A commemoration board was placed there on 11th November 2015 and in 2017 there will be a commemoration weekend at Glabbeek. Some parts of the plane have been excavated, the rest will follow as also the remains of the crew who are still in the ground at the crash site.
I have seen the picture that Yeffrey Temple put on the grave of Sydney in 2015. I would like to contact Yeffrey for more information and pictures and invite him and his familiy to the commemoration in 2017. André Bruyninckx
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FO Norman Clarke. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 161 Sqdn.. (d.5th March 1945) Flying Officer (Navigator) Clarke was the Son of Charles William and Sarah Ellen Clarke, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire; husband of Fanny Irene Clarke, of West Bromwich.
He was 37 when he died and is buried in Grave 16 in the Logstar General Cemetery in Denmark.
His Stirling LK312 was hit by flak and crashed into Limfjorden, off Livo Island, Denmark. S Flynn
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WO Eric Edward Gray. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 161 Sqdn.. (d.5th March 1945) Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) Gray was the Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gray, of Stoke Newington, London.
He was 21 when he died and is buried in Grave 18 in the Logstar General Cemetery in Denmark.
His Stirling LK312 was hit by flak and crashed into Limfjorden, off Livo Island, Denmark. S Flynn
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WO Frederick Mahoney. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 161 Squadron. (d.5th March 1945) Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) Frederick Mahoney is buried in the Logstar General Cemetery in Denmark.S Flynn
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F/O. Henry Thomas Wigley. DFC. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 161 Squadron. (d.5th March 1945) Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Henry Wigley was the Son of Frederick Henry Wigley and Dorothy Clarice Wigley, of Winchester.
He was aged 23 when he died and is buried in the Logstar General Cemetery in Denmark.S Flynn
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F/O. Frederick John Watson. DFM. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 161 Squadron. (d.5th March 1945) Flying Officer (Flight Engineer) Frederick Watson was the son of Frederick John and Margret Watson, husband of Marjorie Maria Watson of Orpington, Kent.
He was 26 years old when he died and is buried in the Sejerslev Churchyard in Denmark.
S Flynn
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Pte. Douglas Edward Cudmore. British Army, 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment. (d.5th Mar 1945) Douglas Cudmore was the son of Edward George Cudmore (known as George) and Florence E. Polley. Douglas had a sister Gwendoline, they lived on Mill Road in Fordham Essex. Douglas is remembered on our village war memorial with 3 other WW2 casualties and 30 WW1 casualties.Wendy Hawk
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