MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 1940. THE CASUALTIES:
1100hrs:Over Channel. Spitfie R6896. 234 Squadron St Eval
P/O T.M.Kane Confirmed P.O.W. (Was flying routine patrol but believed crashed in Channel off French Coast)
1130hrs:Over Channel. Spitfire P9371 74 Squadron Coltishall
Sgt D.H.Ayers Listed as missing. (Chased Bf109 to French coast but was shot down and crashed into sea)
Time ?? : Spitfire R7016. 152 Squadron Warmwell
P/O W.Beaumont Listed as missing. (Failed to return from operational sortie. Last seen over the Channel)
A further eight aircraft were lost due to combat action. Four pilots managed to bale out of their damaged aircraft, while four crash landed. Of the eight, six pilots received burns or severe wounds.
For more information on the actions of the day click the link below.
By: landyman - 23rd September 2004 at 19:53
hope you don’t mind me adding to this thread, this day was also my mums birthday, which she would have spent part of it taking my grandfather his lunch to the old English Electric airfield at Preston, lancs. when she was there she would often play in the gun turrets of what she described as a two engined halifax (seen pics and it was probably as she described, a halifax with both outers removed). mum went on to work at RAF West Raynham (sp?) in the NAFFI. grandad stayed on with EE then BAC, and retired when they where making Jet Provost T5s. hope you don’t mind me rambling on.
Best regards.
Greg
By: von Perthes - 23rd September 2004 at 12:56
‘Men of the Battle of Britain’ says he bailed out of V6608 on the 29th September, and that he retired from the RAF on 23rd December 1957 as a Wing/cdr.
However, ‘Fighter Command losses’ ‘ the relevant Air-Britain s/n book, & ‘The Battle of Britain Then & now’ say he bailed out of V6608 on the 27th September.
Geoff.
By: whalebone - 23rd September 2004 at 11:42
I could be wrong but I think that his hasty exit from V6608 took place on the 27th Sept. He is not listed on the CWGC website so we must assume he survived the war.
Phil
By: Whitley_Project - 23rd September 2004 at 10:32
MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 1940. THE CASUALTIES:
1100hrs:Over Channel. Spitfie R6896. 234 Squadron St Eval
P/O T.M.Kane Confirmed P.O.W. (Was flying routine patrol but believed crashed in Channel off French Coast)1130hrs:Over Channel. Spitfire P9371 74 Squadron Coltishall
Sgt D.H.Ayers Listed as missing. (Chased Bf109 to French coast but was shot down and crashed into sea)Time ?? : Spitfire R7016. 152 Squadron Warmwell
P/O W.Beaumont Listed as missing. (Failed to return from operational sortie. Last seen over the Channel)A further eight aircraft were lost due to combat action. Four pilots managed to bale out of their damaged aircraft, while four crash landed. Of the eight, six pilots received burns or severe wounds.
For more information on the actions of the day click the link below.
Wasn’t this the day that Gordon Sinclair baled out of V6608 over Godmersham? I wonder what happened to him in the end – I believe he survived the war.
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