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22nd October 1943On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Grainger James. Sgt. (d.22nd October 1943)
- Hoeg Thorkild. P/O. (d.22nd Oct 1943)
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Stories from 22nd October 1943
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E R Greenacre. DFC RAF, G19 460 Squadron. I notice that Russell Thorburn has put up a small paragraph about his
father W.F.Thorburn, who was in the crew of my uncle E.R.Greenacre with
460 Sqn, muster G19.
Over the years I have done a fair bit of research on my uncle and
would be happy to share whatever may be relevant with Russell
Thorburn. For example, their Lancaster DV193 was badly damaged over
Kassel on 22 October 1943, from my uncle's log book: "...hit by
cannon, 2 gunners wounded and severe damage...'. I have the citation
for my uncle's DFC awarded for this sortie and they clearly had a bad
time of it.
DV193 was a 'lucky' aircraft as they did 21 raids in this aircraft,
which was withdrawn from service in Dec 1944, but survived the war to
end as an instructional airframe at St Athans. As DV193 was in a
contract series delivered between May-Nov 1943 and was first flown by
my uncle in August 1943, this aircraft had a life of about 18 months
which was probably fairly remarkable for those times. Roger Rigby
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P/O. Thorkild "Teddy" Hoeg. Royal Air Force, 107 Squadron. (d.22nd Oct 1943) Teddy Hoeg was the fourth son of Danish parents and was born in 1921 at Wallington, a small village near Baldock, Hertfordshire. He always wanted to fly and he got his chance by volunteering for flying duties with the Royal Air Force. After an intensive period of training to become a pilot in Tampa, Florida, USA he was awarded his wings and returned to the UK as a Sgt. Pilot, flying mostly Harvards and Stearmans. Teddy was selected for multi-engined aircraft and posted to OTU at Bicester, Oxford, piloting Ansens, Oxfords and Blenheims as the next stage of his training. It was at Bicester that he flew with his crew for the first time.
Joining 107 Squadron at Great Massingham, Norfolk in early 1943 he learnt to fly the twin-engined Boston 111 and with his crew flew on several low-level operations, bombing targets in Belgium and Holland.
Being made up to Pilot Officer in late 1943, flying from 107's new posting at Hartford Bridge, the Squadron mounted a low-level bombing operation to strafe busy railway marshaling yards at Ceurcelles in Belgium on 22nd October 1943. This proved to be the tragic end of Teddy's short career as a pilot, for the raiding Bostons made a faulty landfall over the Dutch coast and several were shot down by a nest of German light ack-ack that opened up on them as they flew in. Shot down and killed with his crew, Teddy has no known grave, but his two colleagues are buried in a cemetery in Holland. In addition to the other crews lost on the raid, the CO of 107, Wing- Commander Geoffrey England, DFC, who led the Squadron, perished with his comrades.
Teddy is remembered on a Memorial Panel, (No 132), at the RAF Memorial at Runneymead in Surrey. His crew P/O Neville Gardner, (Navigator), and Sgt. Cliff Rodham, (W/0p A/G), are buried at Flushing North Cemetery, Holland, graves No's 29 and 30. Information about this tragic operation and the 107 crews who took part, including those brave men who never returned, is available at Great Massingham in the Air Museum set up by Sister Laurie who, sadly, is no longer with us.
The above information has been related to me by Teddy's brother John who lives in Hempton, Norfolk and at the time of writing, (2014), has just celebrated his 89th birthday.
Alan Tickle
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Sgt. James Grainger. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve , 10 Squadron. (d.22nd October 1943) My grandfather James Grainger was killed in action, with all his crewmates, while on a mission flying over Germany. He is buried in the Hanover War Cemetery and I am extremely proud of him.Paul Grainger
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