By: trumper - 3rd November 2011 at 12:08
🙂 I had to look up to see what the plane looked like,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Botha strange mixture really.
By: trumper - 3rd November 2011 at 12:08
🙂 I had to look up to see what the plane looked like,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Botha strange mixture really.
By: Rocketeer - 3rd November 2011 at 10:21
Many thanx, that is brilliant, but sad, I have the remains of the control yoke from this aircraft.
By: Rocketeer - 3rd November 2011 at 10:21
Many thanx, that is brilliant, but sad, I have the remains of the control yoke from this aircraft.
By: paulmcmillan - 3rd November 2011 at 09:30
L6262 of No 2 Bombing Gunnery School Dived into the ground,Ensfield Bridge 24.12.41
Can I suggest this is a Typo?
Note: 24.12.41 is in Air Britain Crash List
http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=10770.0;wap2
Suggests 24.2.41
All four crew were killed. Pilot P/O S G Rodd, Sgt G L Pitman (Nav), LAC P L Jackson, AC1 H Davenport. Aircraft completely wrecked and burnt out, all bodies unidentifiable.
This makes the crew
Name: RODD, SIDNEY GUY
Initials: S G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 37
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 85646
Additional information: Son of Sidney and Larhini Rodd, of Chelmsford.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Name: PITMAN, GEOFFREY LEO
Initials: G L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 742144
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot C.C.1. Grave 28.
Cemetery: MAIDSTONE CEMETERY, Kent
Name: JACKSON, PHILLIP LESLIE
Initials: P L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 20
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 948099
Additional information: Son of James Thomas Jackson and Phyllis Jackson, of Selly Oak, Birmingham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 20D. Grave 14.
Cemetery: BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY
Name: DAVENPORT, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 980614
Additional information: Son of John and Margaret Davenport, of Spring View, Wigan, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot C.C.1. Grave 31.
Cemetery: MAIDSTONE CEMETERY, Kent
All Deaths registered Q1 1941 in Sevenoaks
Pitman Geoffrey L 22 Sevenoaks 2a 2695A
Rodd Sidney G 39 Sevenoaks 2a 2696
Jackson Philip L 20 Sevenoaks 2a 2695
Davenport Harold 20 Sevenoaks 2a 2695
By: paulmcmillan - 3rd November 2011 at 09:30
L6262 of No 2 Bombing Gunnery School Dived into the ground,Ensfield Bridge 24.12.41
Can I suggest this is a Typo?
Note: 24.12.41 is in Air Britain Crash List
http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=10770.0;wap2
Suggests 24.2.41
All four crew were killed. Pilot P/O S G Rodd, Sgt G L Pitman (Nav), LAC P L Jackson, AC1 H Davenport. Aircraft completely wrecked and burnt out, all bodies unidentifiable.
This makes the crew
Name: RODD, SIDNEY GUY
Initials: S G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 37
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 85646
Additional information: Son of Sidney and Larhini Rodd, of Chelmsford.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Name: PITMAN, GEOFFREY LEO
Initials: G L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 742144
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot C.C.1. Grave 28.
Cemetery: MAIDSTONE CEMETERY, Kent
Name: JACKSON, PHILLIP LESLIE
Initials: P L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 20
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 948099
Additional information: Son of James Thomas Jackson and Phyllis Jackson, of Selly Oak, Birmingham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 20D. Grave 14.
Cemetery: BIRMINGHAM (LODGE HILL) CEMETERY
Name: DAVENPORT, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Date of Death: 24/02/1941
Service No: 980614
Additional information: Son of John and Margaret Davenport, of Spring View, Wigan, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot C.C.1. Grave 31.
Cemetery: MAIDSTONE CEMETERY, Kent
All Deaths registered Q1 1941 in Sevenoaks
Pitman Geoffrey L 22 Sevenoaks 2a 2695A
Rodd Sidney G 39 Sevenoaks 2a 2696
Jackson Philip L 20 Sevenoaks 2a 2695
Davenport Harold 20 Sevenoaks 2a 2695
By: T-21 - 3rd November 2011 at 08:44
L6262 of No 2 Bombing Gunnery School Dived into the ground,Ensfield Bridge 24.12.41
By: T-21 - 3rd November 2011 at 08:44
L6262 of No 2 Bombing Gunnery School Dived into the ground,Ensfield Bridge 24.12.41
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