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21st June 1942On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Aikenhead Lloyd Lawrence. Sgt. (d.21st Jun 1942)
- Bennett Alfred Stephenson. Sgt. (d.21st June 1942)
- Duffy Thomas Michael. (d.21st Jun 1942)
- Fleming Archibald John. Capt. (d.21st June 1942)
- Hardy George. Gnr. (d.21st June 1942)
- Salway Kenneth John. Pte. (d.21st June 1942)
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Want to know more about the 21st of June 1942? There are:13 items tagged 21st of June 1942 available in our Library
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Stories from 21st June 1942
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John Turnbull Lishman. British Army, Royal Signals. My father, John Lishman, very seldom spoke about the war but he was injured and I think it could have happened in the POW camp. I seem to recall him saying that he was captured by the Italians and then transferred to a camp in Germany. From his service book it states that he was captured in the Middle East on 21 June 1942. From the Records office it states that he was in Stalag IVA in Hohenstein. His war disablement records stated that his disablement was due to "gunshot wound left leg with compound fracture of tibia and fibula with involvemnt of ankle joint"Cecilia Gladwyn
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Sgt. Lloyd Lawrence Aikenhead. Royal Canadian Air Force, 407 Squadron. (d.21st Jun 1942) Sgt. Lloyd Lawrence Aikenhead served with the 407 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and died on 21st June 1942.
Can anyone tell me more about his Hudson which shot down on an anti-shipping raid in Holland? I'd like to know its serial number, code number, type of Hudson, everything you can give. Thanks
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Thomas Michael Duffy. Royal Canadian Air Force, 407 (Demon) Squadron. (d.21st Jun 1942) My great-uncle, Thomas Michael Duffy (aged 29), who was an Australian gunner serving with the RCAF 407 Squadron nicknamed 'Demon'. He was killed on the 21st of June 1942 when his plane was lost at sea presumed shot down. On the shipping raid with him were Pilot Officer Little, a Sergeant Bennett, and Sergeant Lloyd Lawrence Aikenhead (air observer), flying in a Lockheed Hudson FH 346 aircraft out of RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk. The bodies of Sergeants Aikenhead and Bennett were washed ashore on the East Frisian Islands. The bodies of Pilot Officer Little and my great-uncle have never been recovered. Last year I travelled to Holland and hoped to make it to the cemetery at Delfzijl where Sergeant Aikenhead is at rest to lay some flowers on his grave but I never made it. I'm very sorry I didn't. Elise Pedley
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Gnr. George Hardy. British Army, 68th HAA Regiment, 277 Bty. Royal Artillery. (d.21st June 1942) My great uncle George Hardy was killed at Tobruk on 21st June 1942 - the day that it fell to Rommel.
I do not know anything about my uncle other than that he died of his injuries. The irony of my uncle’s fate was that he was the youngest brother and the three older brothers who went to the First World War all returned home safe.
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Capt. Archibald John Fleming. British Army, 18 Mobile Workshop Company Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps. (d.21st June 1942) Archibald Fleming lived in Saltcoats where his father, John, my great, great grandfather, ran a successful garage business. Archie worked for him as a motor engineer to trade.
He died at Tobruk on 21st June 1942 and was initially listed as missing. He is interred, but now lies in the Tobruk War Cemetery. James Richmond
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