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Re: P/O Blackmore, 22Sq, June 13 1941
Hi Dennis,
From RAF Coastal Command Losses, Vol 1
13/6/41
22 Sqn
Beaufort I
W6522
OA-K
Op: Rotterdam, RAF North Coates, Time Up: 00:44 hrs
P/O J O H Willing, +
P/O R L Blackmore RCAF, +
Sgt J Parsons, +
Sgt H K Orme, +
Took off tasked with attacking the E-boat base at Rotterdam. The Beaufort was shot down into the North Sea off the Hoek van Holland by flak. P/O Willing rests in Sage War Cemetery, P/O Blackmore and Sgt Parsons are buried locally in Noordwijk General Cemetery, Holland while Sgt Orme was washed ashore on the beach at Hjerting on the 18th of August and is buried in Fourfelt Cemetery, Esbjerg, Denmark.
Regards
Ross
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