5
posts
in archive
in archive
- SAMMES, Alfred Frank
- 28 years
- United Kingdom
- Flight Sergeant
- 1339658
- Wellington Mk. VIII, HF309
- 15th June 1944
- Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
After D-Day, Coastal Command was occupied with keeping U-Boats from disrupting the flow of materiel and personnel to France. On 14 June 1944, 179 Squadron Wellington HF309 took off at 10:58 PM on an anti-submarine patrol. An hour later, an emergency SOS transmission was heard,…... Read more
15
Jun
1944
- NAIRN, Lloyd Stephen
- 35 years
- Canadian
- Flying Officer
- J/24906
- Wellington Mk. VIII, HF309
- 15th June 1944
- Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
Flying Officer Nairn was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he started working for the Royal Bank while still in his teens. He then moved to a mortgage company where he was a clerk and property inspector before enlisting in the RCAF on 4…... Read more
15
Jun
1944
- WOOD, Arthur George Frederick
- 33 years
- United Kingdom
- Flight Sergeant
- 1318834
- Wellington Mk. VIII, HF309
- 15th June 1944
- Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
After D-Day, Coastal Command was occupied with keeping U-Boats from disrupting the flow of materiel and personnel to France. On 14 June 1944, 179 Squadron Wellington HF309 took off at 10:58 PM on an anti-submarine patrol. An hour later, an emergency SOS transmission was heard,…... Read more
15
Jun
1944
- CRUMPTON, Albert Charles
- 36 years
- United Kingdom
- Flight Sergeant
- 1267031
- Wellington Mk. VIII, HF309
- 15th June 1944
- Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
After D-Day, Coastal Command was occupied with keeping U-Boats from disrupting the flow of materiel and personnel to France. On 14 June 1944, 179 Squadron Wellington HF309 took off at 10:58 PM on an anti-submarine patrol. An hour later, an emergency SOS transmission was heard,…... Read more
15
Jun
1944
- SMART, Ernest George
- 21 years
- United Kingdom
- Flight Sergeant
- 1386596
- Wellington Mk. VIII, HF309
- 15th June 1944
- Allied Aircrew Memorial, Guernsey
After D-Day, Coastal Command was occupied with keeping U-Boats from disrupting the flow of materiel and personnel to France. On 14 June 1944, 179 Squadron Wellington HF309 took off at 10:58 PM on an anti-submarine patrol. An hour later, an emergency SOS transmission was heard,…... Read more
15
Jun
1944