A Caribbean Roll of Honour - WW1 & WW2

13-14 March 1941

214 Squadron

Wellington IC N2746 BU-

Op. Hamburg

Took off 2000 hrs Stradishall. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the vicinity of Groningen, Holland.

BCL Vol.2 W R. Chorley.

 

5-6 March 1943

214 Squadron

Stirling III BK662 BU-K

Op. Essen

Took off 1935 hrs Chedburgh. Hit by flak and crashed into the sea west of Ijmuiden, Holland

BCL Vol.4 W R. Chorley

 

21-22 June 1944

83 Squadron

Lancaster III JB180 OL-T

Op. Wesseling

Took off 2321 hrs Coningsby. Picked up by a night-fighter which came upon the Lancaster over the target area.

 

1-2 March 1941

77 squadron

Whitley V Z6463 KN-

Op. Cologne

Took off Topcliffe. Ordered to divert to Benson in Oxfordshire, but reported crashed after hitting telegraph poles in Dunstable Road, Catterick, Yorkshire, while trying to land at the nearby airfield. Details of this incident are omitted from the Squadron record.

BCL Vol.2 W R. Chorley

 

20-21 April 1944

207 Squadron

Lancaster III ND564 EM-H

Op. la Chapelle

Took off 2212 hrs Spilsby to bomb railway yards.

BCL Vol.5 W R. Chorley

 

2-3 August 1943

9 Squadron

Lancaster III ED493 WS-A

Op. Hamburg

Took off 2326 hrs Bardney. Believed shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Karl-Heinz Scherfling, IV./NJG1) and crashed 0333 hrs into the sea NW of Bergen aan Zee on the Dutch coast.

BCL Vol.4 W R. Chorley

 

18 August 1945

356 Squadron

Liberator VI KH218

The aircraft was engaged on a special duties sortie at night. The crew broadcast a 'Mayday' message stating that they were ditching and gave their position. A subsequent search found no trace of the aircraft or its crew.

The Price of Peace. Cummings

 

9 August 1943

1602 Flight

Hawker Henley Target Tug III L3292 of 1602 Flight from RAF Cleave dived into the sea off Penhale Point.

 

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