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Remembering those who died this day.

  • Fotheringham Norman. Sgt. (d.24th June 1943)
  • Henderson Gordon G.. Flt.Sgt. (d.25th June 1943)
  • Herrington William Mark. P/O. (d.24th June 1943)
  • Steel John Minorgan. Flt.Sgt. (d.24th June 1943)
  • Tod Richard Douglas. WOII. (d.24th June 1943)

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Want to know more about the 24th of June 1943?


There are:13 items tagged 24th of June 1943 available in our Library

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Sgt. Norman Fotheringham. Royal Air Force, 101 Squadron. (d.24th June 1943)

War Memorial in the Johnstone Park of Alva, Clackmannanshire in Scotland

I have spent a few years researching my uncle - Sgt Norman Fotheringham (an air gunner I believe) who flew with 101 Squadron (Lancaster III W4311 SR-O) when he and the other air crew were lost over Wuppertal in Germany on night of June 23/24 1943. I believe they flew out of Ludford Magna airfield in Lincolnshire. I believe he was a mid-upper gunner on W4311. He and 4 of his crew mates are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

  • Sergeant J.E.W.Lane (Pilot)
  • Sergeant R.W.Ridgley
  • Sergeant T.W.Connor
  • Sergeant S.F.Barker
  • Sergeant S.E.Williams
  • Sergeant N.Fotheringham (mid upper gunner)
  • Sergeant A.Twohy
Information from www.lostaircraft.com: This aircraft was one of 450 Manchesters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) Jan40 of which 207 were built as Lancaster Mk.1s, delivered from Jul42 to Nov42 initially fitted with merlin 20 engines.

W4311 was delivered to 101 Sqdn Oct42. W4311 wore the ID's SR-F/O W4311 took part in the following Key Operations:

  • As SR-F, Stuttgart 22/23Nov42;
  • Turin 28/29Nov42;
  • Frankfurt 2/3Dec4;
  • Mannheim 6/7Dec42;
  • Turin 11/12Dec42;
  • Duisberg 20/21Dec42;
  • Munich 21/22Dec43;
  • (Aircraft attacked and badly damaged by Bf110 - 180 bullet holes in the airframe).
  • As SR-O, Dortmund 23/24May43;
  • Dusseldorf 25/26May43;
  • Dusseldorf 11/12Jun43-aborted;
  • Wuppertal 24/25Jun43-Lost. When lost this aircraft had a total of 98 hours.
  • Airborne 2241 24Jun43 from Ludford Magna. Shot down by a night- fighter (Maj G_nter Radusch, 1./NJG1) and crashed 0140 25Jun43 near Grubbenvorst (Limburg), on the W bank of the Maas, 6 km NNW of Venlo, Holland, where all were buried in the town's temporary Militiary Cemetery.

They have been subsequently re-interred in the Jonkerboos War Cemetery and Sgt Williams is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. My uncle Norman is commemorated on the War Memorial in the Johnstone Park of Alva, Clackmannanshire in Scotland.

I am looking for any information, photographs of the uncle I never met, of whom I am so proud and indebted - any pictures especially of him, of W4311, the crew, the airfield, etc. Many thanks if anyone can point me in the direction.

Eric W. Fotheringham



Flt.Sgt. John Minorgan Steel. Royal Air Force, 90 Squadron. (d.24th June 1943)

Jack Steel was one of six children and he had just gained a place at Glasgow University to study Geology when he decided to volunteer for the RAF. His Stirling BK628 was shot down over Germany on the night of the 24th of June at 23.10.

Jane Keogan



P/O. William Mark Herrington. Royal Air Force, 192 Squadron. (d.24th June 1943)

Billy Herrington was a Constable in the Liverpool City Police before the war, on the beat in the City's notorious D Division, where every Saturday night constables would find themselves fighting for their title. Information from Shaun R Rothwell, Inspector (Retired), Merseyside Police. On behalf of the Liverpool City Police website.




WOII. Richard Douglas Tod. Royal Canadian Air Force, 75 Squadron . (d.24th June 1943)

Warrant Officer Class II (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Richard Tod was the son of Alexander and Mary Edith Tod of St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada. He and his twin brother, Robert, both lost their lives when their aircraft was shot down. They are amongst 23 who are buried in the Medemblik General Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

S flynn



Flt.Sgt. Gordon G. Henderson. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 90 Squadron. (d.25th June 1943)

Gordon Henderson was born at Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, on the 7th of March 1913.

He was a member of the crew of Stirling Bomber BK813 on a bombing raid over the city of Wuppertal in Germany departing West Wickham Airbase on the 24th June 1943 at 2332 hours. BK813 was shot down over Belgium by the German night-fighter Kollak Reinhard at 0139 hours on the 25th June. Six of the seven crew members died in the crash. They were all buried in the Haasrode Churchyard Cemetery in Belgium. Other crew members were:

  • Flt. Sgt. (Pilot) Walter Henry Teede RAAF, 16774 age 29,
  • Sgt. (Air Bomber) Aubrey Charles Harris RAF, 1319009, age 30,
  • Sgt. (Nav.) Hyman Levine RAF, 658831 age 30,
  • Flt. Sgt (W.Op) Leo Peterson, RNZAF, 403611, age 22,
  • Sgt (Air Gunner) Patrick James Taylor RAF, 1346152 age 26, and
  • Flt. Sgt. (Flt. Engr) Edward Henry Stanton RAF

Stanton baled out and was aided by the local Resistance and after being taken to Bree, he was helped as far as Paris but was arrested by the Germans and held at the Fresnes prison before being sent to Germany and a POW camp.

Flt Sgt. Henderson was one of seven children born to Australian parents, Charles and Agnes Henderson (Phee) who lived in Cessnock. He moved to New Zealand with his parents and at age twelve attended secondary school at the Rotorua High School in 1925. He returned to Australia and completed an Engineering course at the Newcastle Technical College. He undertook an Engineering apprenticeship at Walsh Island Government Dockyards from 1926 to 1930.

He then moved back to New Zealand in 1930 with his parents. He ran a milk run in Rotorua with a friend Ray Spence, sold radios and washing machines with his father, and went farming for a while with friends Percy and Ailsa Newton. He was a keen rugby player, golfer, played tennis and was a strong swimmer.

On 19th September 1936, he married Gwyneth Babette (Betty) Frogley in Auckland, New Zealand and joined the Army but a bad reaction to injections saw him medically discharged. They lived at 4 Eruera Street in Rotorua where his family had settled after migrating from Australia. Their daughter, Janice Esmae Henderson, was born on the 17th of April 1937.

As he had left school early, he attended night school at Cambridge N.Z. (near Hamilton) and obtained his school certificate. He also had his own business as a haulage contractor in Rotorua. He was interested in flying and completed 35 hours of flying as a pupil of the Rotorua Flying Club.

Flt. Sgt. Henderson was enlisted at the Initial Training Wing, Levin, New Zealand on the 25th January 1942 and embarked for Canada on the 2nd of March 1942, on the Empire Air Training scheme.

He arrived in Canada early in April and on the 12th of that month, was posted to No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. In early August 1942 his wireless training ended and he was posted to the Composite Training School and re-mustered to Air Gunner. He arrived at No. 3 Bombing and Gunner School, MacDonald, Manitoba and on the 25th of September was awarded the Air Gunners Badge and promoted to Sergeant.

On the 3rd of October, 1942 he proceeded to No.1 Y Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia for embarkation to the United Kingdom. He arrived at No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth late October 1942 and on the 16th of November was posted posted to No. 11 Operational Training Unit at Westcott, where he crewed up and completed his training as Air Gunner on Wellington Bomber Aircraft.

On the 4th of March, 1943, he proceeded to No. 1657 Conversion Unit, Stradishell, Suffolk for conversion to Stirling Bomber Aircraft and on the 15th of April was posted to No. 90 Squadron, West Wickham, Cambridge. He was promoted to Flight Sergeant on the 1st of June, 1943.

With Squadron 90, he took part in 11 operational flights the targets including Dortmund (2), Duisberg, Dusseldorf (2), Wuppertel, Krefeld, Mulheim in Germany, and Le Creusot in France, and one mine-laying operation in enemy waters.

Bruce Orbell










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