13th August 1942

Peter Clare · 13-08-2007, 03:58 PM

Today, 13th August 2007, marks the 65th anniversary of my father being posted as missing from operations. Over the years I have researched the events leading to his loss and managed to trace three of the survivors (now deceased) of the crash and have put together, with their help, the following account of the events of that day.
Thought some of the members would like to read it.

BBC - WW2 People's War - Thursday 13th August 1942: 120 Squadron RAF Coastal Command

Ron Goldstein · 13-08-2007, 04:19 PM

We will remember them

Ron

Owen · 13-08-2007, 11:21 PM

Thanks for that Peter.
Can't think of words to say.
Very sobering.

morse1001 · 13-08-2007, 11:32 PM

Very interesting story

spidge · 13-08-2007, 11:40 PM

Thanks for posting that Peter.

von Poop · 14-08-2007, 01:55 AM

Cheers for sharing that Peter, your recent visit to Runnymede falls into more context.
The detail in that account is a great memorial in itself.

KriegsmarineFreak · 14-08-2007, 04:57 AM

I'm very sorry about what happened to your father in the second world war. It must have been very hard losing your father during that horrific time.

13-08-2007, 03:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Neverland Posts: 5,554	13th August 1942 Today, 13th August 2007, marks the 65th anniversary of my father being posted as missing from operations. Over the years I have researched the events leading to his loss and managed to trace three of the survivors (now deceased) of the crash and have put together, with their help, the following account of the events of that day. Thought some of the members would like to read it. BBC - WW2 People's War - Thursday 13th August 1942: 120 Squadron RAF Coastal Command __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by

13-08-2007, 04:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 813	We will remember them Ron __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947

13-08-2007, 11:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
morse1001 Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Posts: 4,585	Very interesting story __________________ WWW.WARFARETODAY.com

13-08-2007, 11:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,027	Thanks for posting that Peter. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

14-08-2007, 01:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,373	Cheers for sharing that Peter, your recent visit to Runnymede falls into more context. The detail in that account is a great memorial in itself. __________________ It's only the Internet.

13-08-2007, 11:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,309	Thanks for that Peter. Can't think of words to say. Very sobering.

14-08-2007, 04:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
KriegsmarineFreak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 222	I'm very sorry about what happened to your father in the second world war. It must have been very hard losing your father during that horrific time. __________________ Anything World War II

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