[Alex Smart]

Hi Stig,
BB905
Crew were -
F/O. Philip, Stephen, Baddesley, ENSOR - 41003 RAF - DFC.
F/Sgt. Peter, Alfred, ROBERTS - 522759 RAF - DFM.
F/Sgt. George, Dixon, OLIVER - 936196 RAFVR.
All three airmen rest at Brest ( Kerfautras) Cemetery, Finistere, France.
Date given in CWGC is the 8th.

AIR81/8905 ( 8th September 1941).

ORB gives date as 7th September, 41 ( Took off ?).
Aircraft was shot down after leaving St.Eval, Cornwall and crashed at Saint Seve, France.
The ORB for Sept 41 are AIR 27/287/46 and 47.

I will try to post them to you soon
as I too have been searching 23 Sqdn serial numbers and have found 57 a/c that served with 23 Sqdn.
Would you like the numbers ?
Alex