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Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 335 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
The force left RAF Fersfield in the morning and it reached Copenhagen after 11:00. The raid was carried out at rooftop level and during the first attack, a Mosquito hit a lamp post, damaging its wing and the aircraft crashed into the Jeanne d'Arc School , about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the target, setting it on fire.
31 May 1960 - XF901 Percival Provost T.1, Royal Air Force College, stalled during a forced landing following an engine failure, one killed. [ 33 ] 1 June 1960 - XL615 Hawker Hunter T.7 , 8 Squadron, flew into ground on night training 13 miles West of Khormaksar, Aden, two killed.
Whitley bomber. Flying operationally with No.10 Operational Training Unit aboard Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V (serial number "AD671"), Cochran was a member of the crew of Sergeant C N Ellis when they took off from RAF St Eval on 8 October 1942 on a mission to hunt u-boats making passage in the Bay of Biscay between their home ports and the North Atlantic convoy routes. [5]
One diver was killed during search and rescue operations. [4] The inscription on the memorial stone that was erected at the crater in November 1990, lists a total of 70 names of people who died as a result of the explosion, 18 of these names are people who are still missing and presumed dead. Two hundred cattle were also killed by the explosion.
Henry Birkland (16 August 1917 – 31 March 1944), was a Canadian Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the men re-captured and murdered by the Gestapo.
Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,447 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bull was born in Highbury, London, on 7 August 1916, and was educated locally in the council school.Having achieved school certificate passes he was able to progress to the London County Council School of Building at Brixton in south west London to train as an architect, [1] however in July 1936 after three years of study he decided to leave and join the Royal Air Force.