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8th April 1942 On this day:  Gardening & Attack on Hamburg  Patrols  207 Squadron Lancaster lost  Preparations  Hot Day  Posting  Move  Boxing match  Gardening and Attack on  On the Range  On the Move  On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Coleman Eric. Sgt. (d.8th April 1942) Fairclough Frederick Keith. Sgt. (d.8th April 1942) Good Walter Frank. Sgt. (d.8th April 1942) Jansen W. G.J.. (d.8th April 1942) Kennedy Jack McNeil. Sgt. (d.8th April 1942) Lee James Robert. P/O Leeke George Ernest. W/O (d.8th April 1942) Pook Stanley William. F/Sgt. (d.8th April 1942) Wilson William. Sgt. (d.8th April 1942) 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. 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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. 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(d.8th April 1942) On 8th April 1942 a Hudson V8981 'Soerabaia' of 320 Squadron was lost Lost on a shipping-attack nr. Dutch Coast. The crew were: Sgt. W.G.J. Jansen - Missing in Action Sgt. H.A.P. Vos - Missing in Action Cpl. K. Van Klaveren - Missing in Action B. Koehl - Missing in Action sflynn Add to this record. W/O George Ernest Leeke. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 OTU. (d.8th April 1942) W/O Leeke was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson The Spitfire pilot was from Texas Alan Add to this record. Sgt. Walter Frank Good. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 OTU. (d.8th April 1942) Sgt Good was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson The Spitfire pilot was from Texas Add to this record. F/Sgt. Stanley William Pook. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 OTU. (d.8th April 1942) F/Sgt Pook was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson The Spitfire pilot was from Texas Add to this record. Sgt. Eric Coleman. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 OTU. (d.8th April 1942) Sgt Colemman was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson The Spitfire pilot was from Texas Add to this record. Sgt. Frederick Keith Fairclough. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 OTU. (d.8th April 1942) Sgt Fairclough was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson The Spitfire pilot was from Texas Add to this record. Sgt. William Wilson. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 15 OTU. (d.8th April 1942) Sgt Wilson was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson The Spitfire pilot was from Texas Add to this record. P/O James Robert Lee. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 57 OTU. P/O J.R. Lee's Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU was in a collision on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country exercise. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol. All on board the Wellington were killed, as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK. The Wellington crew were: W/O G.E. Leeke Sgt W.F. Good F/Sgt S.W. Pook Sgt E. Coleman Sgt F.K. Fairclough Sgt W. Wilson Add to this record. Sgt. Jack McNeil Kennedy. Royal Canadian Air Force, . (d.8th April 1942) My uncle Jack Kennedy was with the Canadian detachment at Pershore, and was in an accident whereby his plane was struck by lightning on 8th of April 1942. What the other elements of the accident might have been are unknown, and while he is buried in the local cemetery, little is known of the days he spent there in Pershore. Vince Kennedy Add to this record.

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