RAF Losses above Belgium betw.May 10 and May 28,1940.

[fredcompa]

Hello again!
1. 218 th SQDN Fairey Battle I P-2326 HA:
Pilot (Flying Off.): CREWS C.A.R.,Jennings Cedric M. (Sgt Obs) 580427,20 years old and Evans T.S. (Sgt).
Was this P-2326 HA or 2236 ???

2. Who was the pilot from 2nd SQDN Lylander 2 ?
(landed during a bombing raid of 10 Heinkel 111)

3. Who can give the missing items?:
- 17 Sqdn Hurricane MkI-N-2454 YB: Pilot unknown (Of 87 Sqdn,mil.Nr.?, Age?
- 66 Sqdn Spitfire I N-3027 LZ: Pilot (Fl.Off.):Brown: mil.nr.? Age?
- 87th Sqdn Hurricane Mk 1L-1979 LK: pilot and info missing.
- 15th Sqdn Blenheim Mk IV TV L-8849 LS-S:
Fl.Off.: Douglass Norman Peter, nr.39933; Davies W.E.M.,Sgt Gnr;
Who was the 3rd crewmember ?
-59 Sqdn Blenheim Mk IV .........XD: Pil.Off.:Chamberlain Cr.J.Edinb. NZL, 40508, 20 years old. What was the wright and exact plane nr. or other info???
- same Sqdn, but Fl.Lt-pilot Hawks Peter A.: exact nr?
-13 Sqdn Westl.Lysander II L-6885:
Pilot & crew unknown : 4 of 13 Sqdn
- 54 th Sqdn Spitfire I N-3180 KL: Pilot Off.: Deere A.C.:
Is this correct? Was he the pilot?
- On May 27th 1940:
102 nd Sqdn Whitley V N-1417 DY-B: Fl.Off.-pil.:Cogman W.C.G.,39274: who were the crewmembers ?
Thanks in advance !
Fredcompa

[Chris Goss]

Cogman's Whitley was shot down by Flak near Milheeze 2300 hrs on 19 May. Plt Off L Miller, AC2 E H Bros and LAC J R Nicholson were taken prisoner, Sgt K V Thrift killed and Cogman evaded only to be missing presumed killed on 27 May 40 when SS Aboukir was torpedoed

[Pieter H]

Hi Fred,

• Battle P2326 (but sometimes mentioned as P2336) of 218 Sqn, squadron code HA- but individual letter not known.
• Blenheim L8849 of 15 Sqn crew PltOff P Douglas, Sgt W. Shortland, Sgt W. Davies
• Lysander L6885 of 13 Sqn crew P/O A.C. OLLERENSHAW and LAC C.F. LUCAS, killed near Leuven on May 15
• Spitfire N3027 of 66 Sqn took part in a big fight with Defiants of 264 Sqn, Ju87s of 12(st)/LG1 and Bf109's of 5./JG26 on May 13 over the Biesbosch area in Holland. On its way back it made an emergency landing at Knokke and was damaged. F/O G.A. Brown, RAF 39851

Regards,

Pieter

[fredcompa]

Thank you, Chris and Pieter!
I forwarded your information already to Frans. He'll be satisfied.
I've got already another question from him:
on May 14th 1940, a French plane made probably a forced landing in Maastricht (hit by Flak?).
The plane was a AMIOT 354 nr. 30.
Who were the members of the crew and what happened exactly?
Thanks in advance!
Fred
ps: Pieter, you know how you can reach Frans directly I think? If not, give me a sign.

[Pieter H]

Fred,

According to my sources it was Amiot354 No34 (not 30).
It was hit during a recon of the situation around Maastricht, but almost certainly crashed in France, because they returned to their unit already the next day.
I don't have the full crew, but on board was the commander of the Groupement de Bombardement No9, colonel Francois.

Pieter

[fredcompa]

Thank you Pieter!!!
Fredcompa