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22nd June 1944On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Aldridge Frank Henry. Sgt. (d.22nd Jun 1944)
- Ansdell Geoffrey R.A.. F/Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Barlow Ronald Heywood. L/Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Beaumont Ronald A.W. F/Lt. (d.22nd Jun 1944)
- Blanchard James William. Sgt. (d.22th June 1944)
- Brett Raymond William. Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Brodie James. P/O. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Clark Maurice A.. F/Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Copson D.. Sgt. (d.22nd Jun 1944)
- Duff Thomas Handley. F/Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Gavin Howard. Flt Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Goehring Edward H.. F/Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Guy Guilyn Penry. P/O
- Herkes James. Dvr. (d.22nd Jun 1944)
- Hurley Charles H.T.. WO (d.22nd June 1944)
- Keogh John Edward. Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- McCoy Louis Joseph Patrick. Flt.Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Ratcliffe Jack. Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
- Shorter Frederick Henry. Sgt. (d.22nd Jun 1944)
- Solly Charles John. (d.22nd June 1944)
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Flt Sgt. Howard Gavin. Royal Australian Air Force, nav. 106 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Howard Gavin was my uncle, I believe that he was buried by the Dutch and I would like to know more about his squadron.
Kaye Martin
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Sgt. James William Blanchard. Royal Air Force, 106 Squadron. (d.22th June 1944) Sgt James Blanchard was the flight engineer onLancaster LM570 (call sign ZN-Z) when it left RAF Metheringham at 23:15 on the evening of 21/22 June 1944. The mission was to carry out the bombing of a synthetic oil plant (Buer) at Gelesenkirchen, Germany. Whilst airborne, the aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed at Rossum (Gelderland) on the bank of the Waal, approx 12Km SW of Tiel. All the crew were killed. Seven of the crew are buried in the Uden War Cemetary between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. Sgt Scott is buried in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetary.
The crew were:
- FO Bellingham, K G Captain (pilot)RAF
- Sqn Ldr A J Loughborough (pilot)RAF
- Sgt James William Blanchard (flight engineer)RAF
- Flt Sgt H Gavin (navigator) RAAF
- Flt Sgt L Toomey (air bomber)RAAF
- Sgt A Goodacre (wireless air gunner) RAF
- Sgt S J Malaband (mid upper gunner)RAF
- Sgt C E Scott (rear gunner)RCAF
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P/O. James Brodie. Royal Air Force, 106 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Jim Brodie's Lancaster bomber LL955, call sign ZN-E, was shot down by a night fighter over Netherlands, on 22nd June 1944. They were returning from a raid on oil installations at Scholven-Buer, and he was posted as missing, presumed dead. They were shot down by Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of III.NJG 1. The bodies of Jim and his crew are buried in Oosterwolde Cemetery, Oldebroek. The plot contains the bodies of Jim, a Pilot Officer, and his 6 crew:
- Aldridge, Frank Henry, F H Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) 1853526 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22/06/1944 20 Plot 2. Coll. grave. 2
- Brodie, James, J Pilot Officer (Pilot) 174302 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22/06/1944 22 Plot 2. Coll. grave. 3
- Brownlee, William, W Flight Sergeant (Nav.) 1560442 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22/06/1944 20 Plot 2. Coll. grave.
- Horton, Ronald Elmer, R E Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) J/88617 Royal Canadian Air Force 22/06/1944 19 Plot 2. Coll. grave. 1
- Keith, David Robinson Neill, Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) 416005 Royal New Zealand Air Force 22/06/1944 28 Plot 2. Coll. grave.
- O'connell, George Francis Leo, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) R/203907 Royal Canadian Air Force 22/06/1944 Unknown Plot 2. Coll. grave.
- Sleep, Royston, Sergeant (W.Op. [Air]) 1533681 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22/06/1944 21 Plot 2. Coll. grave.
Annie
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Sgt. Frederick Henry Shorter. Royal Air Force, 50 Squadron. (d.22nd Jun 1944) Frederick Shorter served as an air gunner with T.B. Coles crew in 50 squadron
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Flt.Sgt. Louis Joseph Patrick "Lou" McCoy. Royal Australian Air Force, RAF 44 Squadron . (d.22nd June 1944) Louis Joseph Patrick McCoy Flight Sergeant RAAF No. 418722.
Lou enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. He undertook basic training in Victoria, Australia and was sent to Canada for further flight training. He was assigned to the RAF by the RAAF when bomber air crews were called for by the UK Government during WW2 and flew with 44 Rhodesia Squadron in 1943 and 1944. His crew position was tail gunner in Lancaster LM592.
Sadly, he was killed when his bomber was shot down during a raid to Wesseling from the Squadron base at Dunholme in England on 22 June 1944.
He and his crewmates are buried in Woensol Cemetery (Commonwealth War Graves Section) in Eindhoven, Holland.
He was born and raised in Noorinbee near Orbost in eastern Victoria Australia and was only 20 years old when he died. Russell Smith
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F/Sgt. Thomas Handley Duff. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Sqdn.. (d.22nd June 1944) On 22nd June 1944 Flight Sergeant T.H. Duff 1562929 (Airbomber) from 101th Squadron was killed in the sky above Holland. He is buried in a little town, named Werkendam.
Update: From Chorley's Bomber Command Losses: 101 Sqdn Lancaster III LM508 SR-P Target Wesserling.
took off at 2317 from Ludford Magna on ABC duties. On home leg, shot down by night-fighter and crashed in the Biesbosch estuary near Werkendam (Noord-Brabant), 20km NNE of Oosterhout. Of the two who died, F/S Duff rests in Werkendam Protestant Cemetery but Sgt Keogh has no known grave.
W B Sluis
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Sgt. John Edward Keogh. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Sqdn.. (d.22nd June 1944) On 22nd June 1944 Lancaster III LM508 SR-P (Target Wesserling) was shot down over the Biesbosch Estuary in Holland by a nightfighter. Sgt Keogh was killed and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The other member of the crew who died that night was F/Sgt Thomas Handley Duff. He is buried in Werkendam Protestant Cemetery.
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F/Lt. Ronald A.W Beaumont. DFC. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 57 Squadron. (d.22nd Jun 1944) Ronald A.W Beaumont was the pilot in command of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H which took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. on the 21st of June 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid.
The aircraft was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members. Jason
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F/Sgt. Maurice A. Clark. Royal Air Force, 57 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Flt. Sgt. Maurice Clark was the RAF Flight Engineer of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members.
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WO Charles H.T. Hurley. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 57 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Warrant Officer Charles Hurley, the Wireless Operator of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members.
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F/Sgt. Geoffrey R.A. Ansdell. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve , RAF 57 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Flt. Sgt. Geoffrey Ansdell was the Mid-Upper Air Gunner of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members.
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F/Sgt. Edward H. Goehring. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, RAF 57 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Flight Sgt. Edward Goehring was the Rear Air Gunner of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members. The second of two Canadians that crewed DX-H on the fateful raid of June 21 - 22 1944.
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Sgt. Jack Ratcliffe. Royal Air Force, 57 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Jack Ratcliffe was an air gunner on a Lancaster Bomber (rear gun position) and was reported missing and later killed in action. His plane was shot down after a raid over Wesseling, Germany. Only one member of the crew survived after bailing out and the plane crashed in the Netherlands.Louise Wilson
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Sgt. Raymond William Brett. Royal Air Force, 44 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) My father, Don Harwood, first knew Ray Brett when they were both training to be Air Gunners at Stormy Down, Bridgend, Wales, in August 1943. A photo, which includes Don (back row, 2nd from left), and possibly Ray, has a hand-written note on the back of it to Ray from a girl called Dee. Her address was 46 Lewis Place, Porthcawl, which is a short distance from Stormy Down. Ray must have asked her if she could arrange a girl-friend for Don. I just hope they had a lovely day by the sea and were able to forget about the war for a few hours.
My father kept in touch with Ray, even though they were posted to different squadrons, both as rear gunners - Don to 49 Sqn at Fiskerton at the beginning of April 1944 and Ray to 44 Sqn at Dunholme Lodge towards the end of April 1944.
Ray even accompanied my father on leave when they both visited Don's friend George Woodhouse and his family in south London. George's son Sean gave me permission to share this poignant story:
You may have heard of another rear gunner called Ray Brett. He was a mate of your father's but he was in 44 Squadron. He used to accompany your dad when he visited mine on leave. He became quite friendly to the point my grandmother told him he needed to go and see his own family for a change. He was killed over Holland in 1944. The story I heard was that they tried to convince him to join your fathers crew at some point.
My aunt was reminiscing last week about your Dad and of the time in late June 1944 when he reported their mutual friend, Ray Brett, had been posted as missing. Rays loss was quite a blow to your Dad and all of the gang who knew him. The story was that when he finally listened to my grandmother he had been with her and my aunt at the pictures. He wanted to return home with them but my grandmother told him to go and visit his mum. Ray acted as a sad little boy, pleading to come home with them in a joking manner, and that was their last memory of him as the bus pulled away. They had some consolation knowing his mum got to see him before he died. All very sad really.
F/O N. J. Smiths aircraft was reported missing without trace on the Wesseling raid of 21st/22nd June 1944. The rest of the crew were:
- Sgt. J. D. Barber,
- F/O T. S. Calder,
- gt. M. W. Steele,
- Sgt. L. H. Bozier,
- Sgt. D. Blackie and
- Sgt. R. W. Brett.
They are all buried in Lanklaar Communal Cemetery.
More information.
David Harwood
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P/O Guilyn Penry "Ginger" Guy. , 57 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Our Welsh hero, P/O Penry Guy and his crew took off on 21st June 1944 from East-Kirkby with his Lancaster LM580 DX-L to bomb the Wesseling synthetic oil refinery.
On his way to Wesseling in Germany his Lancaster was hit above Eindhoven in the Netherlands and crashed a few hundred yards from our railway station in As, Belgium.
In 2014, 70 years to the day, we unveiled a beautiful monument with parts of the Lancaster incorporated into it honouring the crew of Lancaster LM580 DX-L, especially P/O Penry Guy who saved his crew and was killed. He is buried in our community cemetery. Wuyts Jean-Pierre
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Sgt. Frank Henry Aldridge. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 106 Squadron. (d.22nd Jun 1944) Frank Aldridge lost his life while serving with 106 Squadron, RAF. Wesley Hopkins
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Charles John "Mike" Solly. Royal Air Force, 207 Squadron. (d.22nd June 1944) Charles Solly was a pilot with 207 Squadron.
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L/Sgt. Ronald Heywood Barlow. British Army, 73rd Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. (d.22nd June 1944) Ronald Barlow served with the 73rd Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery in WW2. He died on 22nd of June 1944 aged 33 years and is buried St Manvieu War Cemetery Cheux in France.
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