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Flt Sgt L Warner 141 Sqn
Does anyone have the christian name or service number of the above who was on 141 Sqn late 1942-43?
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Re: Flt Sgt L Warner 141 Sqn
Hello,
Possibly, 747687 F/Sgt/F/Lt (Nav./Rad.) Leonard William WARNER (146789) RAFVR. Later No.488 (NZ) Sqn: https://broodyswar.wordpress.com/488...-aircrew-list/ No.488 (NZ) Squadron - Those Who Served - 25th June 1942 to 26th April 1945. WARNER - F/O - L. W. (Jack) - RAF - 146789 - Nav.) - 1/10/1943 to 26/8/1944. See: Gone The Dark Night: The Story of 488 (NZ) Squadron, RAF. New Zealand's first Night Fighter Unit in the UK and Europe, June 1942 to April 1945. Clayton,Graham. Merthyr Tydfil:Mention The War,2019. p.363 NB. Group photograph depicting Warner (not good, fuzzy), Bradwell, Bay, January 1944, p.165 of above ref. Warner's pilot, 141 Sqn/488 (NZ) Sqn. COOK, Flight Lieutenant William Renwick, mid. NZ411375; Born Timaru, 8 Oct 1918; RNZAF 1 Mar 1941 to 3 Oct 1946; Pilot. Citation Mention in Despatches (NY1946): For bravery in action and devotion to duty with 488 Sqn RNZAF (Mosquito) in Europe, flying 85 sorties and damaging one Ju 188 at night over France. Flt Lt Cook's first tour was with 141 Sqn RAF (Beaufighters), flying 35 sorties, during which he destroyed a Do 217* by day over England. Member of the 'Caterpillar Club', having baled out of a Beaufighter (V8264), of 141 Sqn over England on 17 Jan 1943, after being hit by 'friendly' anti-aircraft fire. * Possibly, 16 December, 1942 - 4./KG 40, Do217E-4, F8+FM, W Nr 4382. Crashed into gasometer at Bognor Regis Gas Works, West Sussex, while being chased by a fighter (Luftwaffe Crash Archive No.9/Parker/Red Kite,2016/pp.1139-1141). See: By Such Deeds Honours and Awards in the Royal new Zealand Air Force 1923 -1999. Hanson, C. M., OBE, G/C (Rtd.) Christchurch:Volplane Press,2001. p.134. Col. Last edited by Col Bruggy; 30th April 2020 at 08:30. |
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Re: Flt Sgt L Warner 141 Sqn
Thanks Col
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