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P/O. David Alexander Rankin

Royal Air Force 115 Squadron

from:Wellington City, New Zealand

(d.12th Apr 1940)

On 12th April 1940 115 Squadron were operating out of RAF Marham, Norfolk. David Rankin took part in a raid on Stavanger, Norway. The aircraft was the lead aircraft of 2nd section. It was shot down over Stavanger and crashed on top of a bakery. The full crew of the aircraft, a Vickers Wellington Mk1C, P9284, KO-J, were killed, they are all buried in the Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard:

  • Pilot Officer 36223 Frederick Edward Barber, 26 years
  • Pilot Officer 36180 David Alexander Rankin, (New Zealand) 25 years
  • Sgt 580805 Alan Sydney Pearce, 20 years
  • Sgt 514904 Geoffrey William James Juby, 28 years
  • Leading Aircraftman 545537 Lionel Allen Westcott, 21 years
  • Pilot Officer 76004(RAFVR) Peter Edward Tucker Bull, 26 years.



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