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29th June 1944 On this day:  12 Squadron Lancaster lost  76 Squadron Halifax lost  426 Squadron Lancaster lost  Air Raid    Counter Attack  Hostile Artillery  Conference  Counter Attacks  Attack Launched  Counter Attack  Cancelled operations  In Action  Granville  Recce  Prisoners  Orders  Concentration  Reorganisation  Concentration  Advance  Shelling  Standing by  Panthers  Raid  On the Move  Report Sent  Enemy Attacks  Strong Opposition  Recce  Orders  Reinforcements  Orders  Digging in  Two bombing raids on Normandy  Air Raid  Air Raid  Air Raid  Air Raid  Air Raid  Air Raid  Armed recce  Shelling  Enemy Sighted  Attack Made  Friendly Fire  Quiet  Stand to  On the Move  Defensive Positions  Supplies  Snipers  Enemy Tanks  Dog fight over Normandy  Move  5 Me109s shot down  Shelling  On the Move  Defensive Positions If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Airs Wilfred Glennie. F/O. (d.29th June 1944) Airs Wilfred. F/O. (d.29th June 1944) Gunn John George Cormac. Pte (d.29th June 1944) Jauncey Arthur Leonard. Gnr. (d.29th June 1944) Lucas Ronald Paul. Sgt. (d.29th June 1944) Turner William Francis. Pte. (d.29th June 1944) Welsh John. Pte. (d.29th June 1944) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about the 29th of June 1944? There are:59 items tagged 29th of June 1944 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Stories from 29th June 1944 Sgt. Ronald Paul Lucas. Royal Air Force rafvr2, 76 Squadron. (d.29th June 1944) Sergeant Ronald Paul Lucas, RAFVR, an Air Gunner of 76 Squadron which flew Halifax bombers at the time of his death, 29 June 1944. His parents were Harry and Ruby Lucas of Blackburn. As a Scouting Archivist I have been given an historic pictorial record of a defunct Blackburn Scout Group. One of the collections consists of photographs of past Boy Scouts from the Group who went off to fight in WW2 which includes Ronald's photograph. Ray Fairwood Add to this record. Pte. William Francis Turner. British Army, 1st Btn Dorsetshire Regiment. (d.29th June 1944) Uncle Bill Turner (dad's brother) was killed on D-Day. He was hit in the back, leg and shoulder and a bullet passed through his wallet. He was buried in a hospital cemetery 13.5 miles west of Caen and is remembered in the Bayeaux war cemetery. Major Dartnall fought with him and was also hit by shrapnel. In his letter to grandma he stated that Bill was a credit to his unit and to any British family. We also have the letter of condolence from the King Sylvia Turner Add to this record. F/O. Wilfred Glennie Airs. Royal Air Force, 7 Squadron. (d.29th June 1944) Flying Officer Bill Airs became one of the top navigators in the Royal Air Force with the famous Pathfinders Squadron who in Lancasters (and Mosquitoes) led the bomber fleets to the correct target and also had to circle it dropping flares to ensure all the fleet found it. The death rate was 1 in 6 for Pathfinders crews but he successfully completed his tour of duty of 70 missions and could have taken a safer training role. But he shrugged off his young pregnant wife's fears and volunteered for another 70 missions though he told my father that "every time I take off I just wonder if it's my last op". Cruelly, aged 29, on 29th June 1944 and their wedding date was the 29th, his flight was shot down and he was killed over the Pas de Calais, France, over a V1 rocket base. Gordon Airs Add to this record. F/O. Wilfred Airs. Royal Air Force, 7 Squadron. (d.29th June 1944) Wilfred Airs was my wife's father and we do know that he was lost during a raid in the Pas-de-Calais during late May 1944 or late June 1944. He was a navigator on one 7 Sqdrn's Lancasters. Editor's Note: Wilfred was lost on the 29th of June 1944 and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial. Douglas Young Add to this record. Pte. John Welsh. British Army, 1st Btn. South Lancashire Regiment. (d.29th June 1944) My great uncle John Welsh was in the 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He served during the D-day invasion and was just 22 years old. His birthday was on D-day and he survived until the 29th of June 1944 when he died from wounds. He is buried at Hermanville War Cemetery, France. I have no photos of him and no first grave marker. If anyone has any information on this soldier or a photo of him, it would be gratefully appreciated. Glyn Welsh Add to this record.

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