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23rd July 1943On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Baldwin David Tweedale. Ch.Eng.Off. (d.23rd July 1943)
- Hart Colin. Spr. (d.23rd Jul 1943)
- Hill Gordon Leslie. Flt.Sgt. (d.26th July 1943)
- Jacob Vernon Russell. Sgt. (d.28th Jul 1943)
- McKenzie William Thomas. Sgt. (d.23rd July 1943)
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Spr. Colin Hart. British Army, 238 Field Company Royal Engineers. (d.23rd Jul 1943) Colin Hart died aged 23 whilst serving with the Royal Engineers.
Born in Jarrow in 1920 he was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth H. Hart (nee Fisher) of Primrose, Jarrow.
Colin is buried in Bari War Cemetery and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall. Vin Mullen
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Ch.Eng.Off. David Tweedale Baldwin. Merchant Navy, SS Baynain. (d.23rd July 1943) Chief Engineer Officer David Baldwin was the husband of Mary Baldwin.
He was aged 70 when he died and is buried in the Kembang Kuning Netherlands Field of Honour in Java.
S Flynn
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Flt.Sgt. Gordon Leslie Hill. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 50 Squadron. (d.26th July 1943) Gordon Hill, the eldest son of Sydney and Minnie Hill and husband of Alice was killed in action. The Lancaster ED753 took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 2149 hours on the night of 25th/26th July 1943 detailed to bomb Essen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base.
Crew: RAAF 405175 PO Dennis, E A Captain (Pilot), RAAF 408293 FO Every, E D P (2nd Pilot), RAF Sgt H Rogerson, (Flight Engineer), RAF PO Young, R F (Navigator) RAF Sgt R Toulson, (Air Bomber), RAF WO L T Beck, (Wireless Air Gunner), RAF Flt Sgt A G Tanner, (Mid Upper Gunner) and RAF Sgt G L Hill, (Rear Gunner).
It was later established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 0055 hours on 26th July 1943 near Wijchen (Gelderland), 6kms WSW Nijmegan, Holland. Five of the crew were killed and Sgt Rogerson, PO Young and FO Every were POWs.
Those killed are buried in the Uden War Cemetery, Locality Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Uden is a town on the main road between Eindhoven and Nijmegen.
The then Flt Lt Every later reported "In the first attack by fighters at 21,000 feet, the port motors were set on fire then most of the aircraft in the second attack. I was in the WOP position whilst waiting for the Nav to go when the aircraft went into a steep forward dive which threw me to the floor. I became unconscious and came to falling through the air. I pulled the chute and landed safe. No news re the others but since learnt that the Nav and self were only ones alive. The aircraft crashed near the German/Dutch border south east of Nijmegan. Received help from civilians and told to go to Rotterdam. I walked for 7 days and then captured by Dutch police in Herovarden, a small village on the Rhine."
Sandra Stephen
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Sgt. William Thomas McKenzie. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, . (d.23rd July 1943) Sergeant William McKenzie was the son of Alexander and Emma McKenzie, of Bray. He was aged 29 when he died and is buried in the Powerscourt (St. Patrick) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. He was accidentally killed by walking in the dark into the moving blades of one of the propellers of a Vickers Wellington Bomber at Silloth, Cumbria, England. The plane had just returned from a night training exercise.S Flynn
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