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Nelson, Joseph Edmundson, R.A.F. 15 Parkfield Rd. Bolton. F/S Flight Engineer 97 Squadron Lancaster JA708. Shot down 23/24 September 1943 by Messerschmitt 110 night fighter piloted by Unteroffizie Josef Brunner operating out of Venlo in Holland 1 minute after bombing Mannheim. (One of the crew members when my father was shot down.)
Prentice, Donald F. S.A.A.F. 124 Caledon St. Uiterhage, Cape Province. S.A. Lt. Pilot of 112 Squadron Mustang III HB 908 GA W. Shot down by flak 30 October 1944 aircraft crashed in Gulf Of Venice near San Vito.
Pryde, James. 49 Dean Street, Newtongrange R.A.F. Sgt. 9 Squadron Wellington W5729. Lost on operations to Cologne 10/11 July 1941, He was captured somewhere between Calais and St Omer on 11th July 1941.
Reade, Frank S. R.A.F. 45 Mansfield Rd. Guilford, Surrey. F/O 199 Squadron Wellington HF488 shot down by night fighter piloted by Oblt Echkhardt-Wilhelm von Bonin from 6./NJG1 on operations to Dusseldorf, 25 May 1943.
Ringham, Frederick Leonard. 123 Barden Rd. Tonbridge, Kent. 131829 Sgt. W/O 102 Squadron Halifax W7652 lost 16 June 1942 on operations to Essen.
Sadezky, Lawrence William. Aldenham, Elstree, Herts. Sgt. A/G 83 Squadron Hampden AE319. Shot down 6 September 1941 mine laying Oslo harbour. Emigrated to Australia and was killed in a road accident August 16th 1951.
Seedhouse, John. c/o Morton, Skillington, nr. Grantham. F/S Flight Engineer 106 Squadron Lancaster W4842 crashed Leiden Holland with all crew becoming P.O.W.’s. 27/28 May 1943 operations to Essen.
Smith, Jack P/O/ 578 Squadron Halifax MZ511. Shot down by night fighter piloted by Major Martin Drewes 20/21 July 1944 on operations to Bottrop. (page 99) 20/21 July was 578 squadrons most disastrous night of the war loosing six Halifaxes and forty-two airmen. From MZ511 only the navigator P/O Jack Smith and the bomb-aimer P/O Ken Parsons survived the shoot down.
Utteridge, Robert James. 13 Harpenden Road, W. Norwood, SE 27 LAC 142 Squadron Battle shot down 14 October 1940 at Rouen on an operation to Foret de Gault. 536916 Leading Aircraftman Robert James Utteridge DFM, 150 Squadron RAF. Gazetted 16/8/1940 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Air 2/8885 Whilst acting as Air Gunner on a bombing raid on 13th June, 1940, with Flt Lt Hewson as pilot, he shot down one Me 109, one Me 11O and disabled another Me 109. But for his airman’s skill and courage, it is probable that the aircraft would have been shot down before being able to reach the cover of the clouds. Throughout his service with the squadron, this airman has maintained a very high standard of efficiency, both in air gunnery and as a W/T operator. 27th June 1940.
http://www.invaluabl...40-battle-of-f…http://www.nationala...urns/08ac67.htm I would think that his DFM was awarded for his actions on the day his Battle was lost .He is listed as a member of No. 142 Squadron, one of 10 Battle squadrons that composed the AASF France after being shot up, the Battle landed in a field south of Rouen when on operations over Rouen. It looks as if the Pilot F/L J M Hewson and the Observer, Sgt RVT Kitto DFM who had baled out as instructed by F/L J M Hewson evaded. Kitto’s DFM may also had been awarded on account of his actions on the day. Probably awards arising from F/L Hewson’s debriefing. At the time No. 142 Squadron was operating out of Villiersfaux and No 150 Squadron was located next door on the Houssay airfield, a location just west of Orleans which must have been “fall back” bases in face of the German thrust south west over the Seine. (From Harry Ree WW2talk.com)
Waddington-Allright Gordon J. Wiltshire House, Hungerford, Berkshire. Sgt. A/G Central Gunnery School Wellington N2894 shot down on return flight by Me110 night fighter at 02:25 near Hessen-Allee, 8km.southeast of Apeldorn on first 1000 bomber raid against Cologne 30/31 May 1942.
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