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AM 216 CRUPPER 11 (GOLDEN EAGLE) 1 Tverrvasseter – 9. november 1944
Beskrivelse
Særmelding BBC : "Bare pene piker ansettes"
Code : F (FOX) Signal bakke: C Signal fly: ?
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
12 11 2 OF/ *
*) Peter Deinboll, Arne Gjestland forsvant med flyet.
Squad: RAF 138
F/Lt Ford Frederick John Stirling IV LJ993 NF-M
Out: 8.11.44 23:30 DROP: NC
- F/Lt Frederick John Ford RAFVR - Pilot -144218
- P/O James Roy Tanner RAFVR - Navigator - 183732
- F/Sgt Dennis James Cornish RAFVR - Gunner - 186629
- F/Sgt Brian Francis Frederick Crimes RAFVR - Gunner - 1504994
- P/O Donald Iain Begbie Fisher RAFVR - Flight Eng - 182582
- F/Lt Ernesto Howell DFC RAF - Wireless Op - 144194
- F/O Mostyn William Oliver RAFVR - Air Bomber - 158326
- Peter Deinboll - Norwegian agent - died
- Arne Gjestland - Norwegian agent - died
Target Norway. Carrying 2 agents, twelve containers and eleven packages., MISSING !
RAF138 Event
T/O Tempsford 2330 hrs aircraft lost at sea due to bad weather on Operation CRUPPER 11, Norway
CORNISH Dennis James Flight Sergeant 1866629, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Thursday 9th November 1944. Aged 21. Son of Cecil James Cornish and Genevieve Cornish, of Ponders End, Middlesex. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 216.
DEINBOLL Peter Norwegian Agent.
FISHER Donald Iain Begbie Pilot Officer 182582, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Thursday 9th November 1944. Aged 33. Son of James and Elizabeth Fisher; husband of Jean Neal Fisher, of Glasgow. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 211.
FORD Frederick John Flight Lieutenant 147218, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Pilot. Died on Thursday 9th Novemb er 1944. Aged 35. Son of Frederick and Charlotte Ford, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Doris Verdun Ford, of Walthamstow. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 202.
GJESTLAND Arne Norwegian Agent.
CRIMES Brian Francis Frederick Flight Sergeant 1507997, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Thursday 9th November 1944. Aged 23. Son of Robert F. and Kathleen Crimes, of Rotherham, Yorkshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 216.
HOWELL, DFC Ernesto Flight Lieutenant 144194, Royal Air Force. Died on Thursday 9th November 1944. Aged 21. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 202.
OLIVER Mostyn William Flying Officer 151326, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Thursday 9th November 1944. Aged 21. Son of Mrs. D. A. Oliver, of Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 208. See also Whittlesford.
TANNER James Roy Pilot Officer 183732, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Thursday 9th November 1944. Aged 23. Son of John Albert Tanner, and of Maria Tanner, of Battersea, London. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 212.
*Tempsford lost two Stirlings on sorties to Norway on the 8th/9th. Pit Off Louis Ouelette RCAF and his No 138 (SD) Sqn crew in LK198 crashed in bad weather over the North Sea en route to Norway on operation Puffin 2, and Fit Lt Frederick Ford and crew in LJ993, carrying two Norwegian agents,
disappeared without trace on operation Crupper 11. However, poor weather conditions failed to stop 16 Stirlings from No 620 Sqn flying supply sorties on the 15th.
Steder
Tittel | Lenke |
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| Sendt fra: RAF Tempsford Airfield | Se mer |
| Slipp ┬ plass FRØYA Tverrvasseter | Se mer |
Mennesker involvert
Navn | Lenke |
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| Peter Deinboll | Se mer |
| Arne Gjestland | Se mer |
Galleri
Nyttige lenker
Tittel | Lenke |
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| Lost flight Stirling LJ993 | Se mer |
| Lost: Ernesto Howell | Se mer |
| Flyvrak funnet i Nordsjøen | Se mer |
| Loss CRIMES, BRIAN FRANCIS FREDERICK | Se mer |
| Roll of Honour | Se mer |
| Short Stirling Units of World War 2 By Jonathan Falconer | Se mer |
| Ian Herrington SOE - p 136 | Se mer |
| Wikipedia: Peter Deinboll | Se mer |