Is it called Areola Island?
Air Britain FAA Aircraft 1939 to 1945 says for X8802 that S/L Guy and 4 Civilians Killed – So there were another 2 Civilians to find
These are:
Mary Hunter of 190 Stenhouse Street
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3160257
and her adopted daughter CHRISTINA THOMSON
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3160258
Looks like these are the 2 civilans – I note says 188 Stenhouse Street
GRACE MILLER CURRIE BAIRD
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3160255
ELIZABETH BAIRD
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=3160254
One crew member was
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1942-01JAN.htm
FAA, 808 Sqn, Merlin, air crash
GUY, Peter, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed
Aircraft was Fulmar II X8802 of 808 Sqn Crashed at 190 Stenhouse Street
Photo was taken during trial fit of new the ‘Steath Undercarriage’ mod
The only ‘two;’ ex RAF P-51s I know about are FB206 (wreckage) and I think one of the prototypes which had an RAF serial allocated but never left the US
No pun intended?
No but I do hear they will come down on like a ton of bricks on any dodgy claims!
Ahh the new ‘Red-Brick Arrows’ formation team..
“i wonder if anybody knows if a single WNr has been allocated to this airframe?”
How about a stylized ‘81754’ like you get on Number Plates for ‘BITSA’
2 different Stories mixed up!
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=112495&highlight
In fact this site reveals that there was 3 different flights of the Pe-8 to the UK on different dates
The De Havilland DH-95 Flamingo that crashed, killing the RAF Personnel was R2764 of 24 Sqn at 1m NE of Gt. Ouseburn. Yorks on 30th April 1942
It is actually spelt Diana Barnato Walker who was the grand-daughter of the ‘South African’ diamond millionaire Barney Barnato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Barnato
who was mentioned recently on the BBC ‘Who do you think you are’ for Esther Ranzen
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AFHJ.pdf
F/Sgt Charles Bryce Watson #400849 RAAF (Australian) of 174 Sqn -POW
If you want to know any more about this man, luckerily his service records have been digitizied in Australia including information on his capture
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1083065&I=1&SE=1
and
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=5402149&I=1&SE=1
Ahh shot down by Flak into Dieppe Harbour – F/Sgt C B Watson PoW
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