Battles - 14.05.1940 (merged thread)

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet



P5232 : 27 MU 3.10.39; 150 Sqn 26.4.40; shot down attacking bridge Sedan 14.5.40 F/Sgt Barker, Sgt Williams + LAC Summerson escaped to own lines. = Sergent G. T Barker (+, Choloy), sergent J. D. F Williams (+ Choloy), AC A. K. Summerson. Le sergent Barker et le sergent Williams furent inhumés dans le cimetière de Raucourt.
« Avion anglais, à trois cents mètres au Sud-Est du hameau de Flaba, complètement détruit, avion de chasse (semblant un Hurricane) n° P. 5232 J.N., une tombe se trouve a proximité de l’appareil sans indication » (Rapport de 1941).

[arnaud]

Aircraft from 150 Sqn

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet


L5232 : 15 Sqn 26.7.39; GB 30.11.39; AASF 4.3.40; 218 Sqn 5.3.40; shot down Sauville, during attack on bridge Sedan 14.5.40 Sgt Herriot, AC Robinson +.= Sergent N. B. Herriot (+ Sauville), AC 1 W. Robinson (+ Sauville) et P/O W. A. R. Harris (-).

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet



P2324 : 27 MU 30.9.39; AASF 12.4.40; 6 RSU 20.4.40; 218 Sqn 22.4.40 ; shot down attacking bridge Sedan 14.5.40 F/O Foster, AC Bryan captured (Haraucourt, Ferme de Beaumenil, voir rapport). = Lieutenant D. A. J. Foster (P), aviateur (AC 1) T. J. Bryan (P).

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet


P2360 : 20 MU 25.9.39; AASF 12.5.40; 218 Sqn 13.5.40; missing during attack on bridge Sedan 14.5.40 P/O Buttery, AC Waterston missing prseumed killed. = Sous-lieutenant R. T. L. Buttery ( ?), aviateur (AC 2) W. C. Waterston ( ?)

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet


L5422 : 6 MU 14.3.40; 88 Sqn 8.5.40; 218 Sqn date inconnue; shot down attacking bridge, Noyers-Pont-Maugis, 14.5.40 F/O Crane killed, AC Holloway captured. = F/O Crane (+, Noyers-Pont-Maugis), AC Holloway (P)

[arnaud]

This aircraft is from 218 Sqn see thread :

Battle L5422 218 Sqn : 14.05.1940

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet


K9343 : 226 Sqn 14.10.38; hit by flak attacking bridge and crashed Les Grandes Armoises (MQ-F entièrement détruit rapport) 14.5.40 Sgt Moseley, Sgt Hibberd and Cpl Little += Sergent H. Moseley (Choloy +), sergent S. D. Hibberd (?), caporal H. F. Little (?) : « Bombardement en piqué : N’est pas encore rentré » (Air 27/1406).

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet


P2267 : 52 Sqn 11.8.39; 105 Sqn 26.8.39; 226 Sqn 7.11.39: shot down by ground fire Sedan 14.5.40 Sgt Percival, Cpl Clark +. S/L Lockett captured; SOC 31.5.40. = Le Battle n° P2267 est victime de la défense antiaérienne près de Brévilly : équipage porté disparu :
« Bombardement en piqué ; avion aperçu s’écrasant, un membre d’équipage s’en est sorti » (Air 27/1406).
Commandant C. E. S. Lockett (P), sergent F. J. Percival (?) et caporal R. S. Clark (?).

[arnaud]

For the 70th anniversary of the Battle of France and the 70th Anniversary of the Air Bombing on pontoon bridges on Sedan, a publication will be soon published. I am looking for information for some aircraft. I mean a photograph of the aircraft on the ground or of the crew, the aircraft code and any other precise information. Anyone who helps will be of course mentioned and thank.

Thank you very much. Those British airmen deserve few researches…

Arnaud Gillet


L5438 : 8 MU 19.3.40; AASF 15.4.40; 226 Sqn date inconnue; hit by flak attacking bridge Sedan 14.5.40; F/Sgt Dunn, Sgt Sedgwick AC Millar +.= Sergent-chef W. A. Dunn (+ Choloy), sergent A. F. Sedgwick (+ Choloy), aviateur (AC 2) M. B. Millar (+ Choloy) : « Bombardement en piqué : N’est pas encore rentré. Objectif : le pont n° 4, Mouzon » (Air 27/1406).