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Re: Full name and no of Sgt Johnson, 255 Sqn
Hello,
31/8-1/9-1942
No.255 Squadron
Beaufighter VIF X7943:YD-P
Took off from Honiley on ground-controlled interception exercise in co-operation with radar station "GERTRUDE", located near Pershore. Just after midnight, the GCI exercise concluded, the aircraft suddenly plunged vertically from 13,000ft into the ground near Snitterfield, Warwickshire, and exploded.
754519 W/O (Pilot) Stanley Joseph JOHNSON RAFVR +
1394363 Sgt (Obs./W.Op.) Roy Fairmead ELLIS RAFVR +
See: FlyPast. May,1984 (No.34) pp.14-15.
Aviation Archaeology. by Peter Moran.
Col.
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