Just thought you would all like to know - Page 4

spidge · 01-08-2008, 05:45 AM

Flt/Lt Anderson, Thomas Robert Bowden at Ranville War Cemetery:

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imag...84519&I=1&SE=1

ANDERSON Thomas Robert Bowden - (Flight Lieutenant); Service Number - 409081; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mustang B160; Place - Fontaine Etoupetour, France; Date - 10 June 1944

spidge · 01-08-2008, 05:57 AM

Double Post

spidge · 01-08-2008, 06:11 AM

La Delivrande War Cemetery

Squadron Leader William Walter Blessing DSO DFC.

BLESSING William Walter - (Squadron Leader); Service Number - 404648; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mosquito BM 964; Place - Northern France; Date - 7 July 1944

AWM Collection Record: UK0331 - 404648 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) William Walter Blessing DSO DFC, RAAF serving with 105 Squadron, RAF of Braidwood NSW (centre) outside Buckingham Palace after an Investiture, with Miss A P Birch ...

From: http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7437
Mosquito ML964 Information

Type Mosquito Serial Number ML964 Squadron 105 X1D GB-J Operation Caen Date 1 7th July 1944 Date 2 7th July 1944
Further Information

"Serial Range ML956 - ML999. 44 Mosquito B.MkXV1. Powered by Merlin 72/73 engines. Part of a batch of 152 delivered by De Havilland (Hatfield) between 24Nov43 and 4Dec44. MM170 was not delivered. First operational sortie 21Mar44. Airborne 1946 7Jul44 from Bourn as a primary Target Marker. Shot about by a fighter and badly damaged. P/O Burke baled out, as ordered, and landed safely inside Allied held territory, his gallant Skipper remained at the controls to enable his navigator to abandon and was unable to get clear of the aircraft himself. S/L W.Blessing DSO DFC RAAF KIA P/O D.T.Burke On 28Apr01 the obituary of W/C Edward 'Barty' Barton who had been Chief Signals and radar officer with the PFF was published in 'The Daily Telegraph'. In particular he helped introduce and develop Oboe, the most accurate blind-bombing aid of the war. The Oboe secret was so valuable, that when this Mosquito was shot down with the equipment on board near Caen, Barton was despatched in another Mosquito to investigate. He succeeded in findng the Mosquito. S/L Blessing had been killed before he could destroy the Oboe equipment but Barton was able to remove it from the crash site before the enemy came upon it. In this obituary S/L Blessing has been designated 'Wing Commander'. "

Owen · 01-08-2008, 09:37 AM

Where is that red phone box & what's it doing in France?

cash_13 · 04-08-2008, 08:55 PM

Owen the Red phone box is in Ranville right by Pegasus bridge no idea why its there but it has a french phone in it and was being used by the locals when we were there and is just outside the church that you can see in the previous pictures this was the first of many stops to get all of Spidges pics taken.....

Talking of which I am going to post some more now leaving the best till last as for me its only fitting and you will all understand when I post the last pic...

Also I have taken a few pics of the requested graves but what I have noticed is a lot of them tend to be I presume bomber pilots as they all died the same day and tend to be grouped in fours fives & sixes....and also the aussies tended to be the pilots...I have taken group photos as well as single pics so hopefully someone cn shed some light on the subject....

Regards Lee

cash_13 · 04-08-2008, 09:22 PM

for Geoff ( Spidge ) I think he's been a patient little rupert lol

spidge · 04-08-2008, 10:41 PM

Hi Lee,

Fantastic pics.

In the previous few grave photos you posted, I put a bit of background on the lads. I will see what I can do with what they were doing when they were killed. I have been a little time poor of late.

Thanks again for the pics.

Cheers

Geoff

spidge · 05-08-2008, 02:34 PM

Great photos Lee.

Any chance of naming which cemeteries are which?

Cheers

Geoff

spidge · 05-08-2008, 04:07 PM

The three RAAF lads that were killed on 7th May 1944 and buried at Bayeux cemetery were Biltoff, Jackson & Knight.

Air Commodore Ivelaw-Chapman was the most senior RAF officer taken prisoner while in Bomber Command Service.

(Does anyone know what BCWD means?)

Lancaster ND783 Information

Type Lancaster Serial Number ND783 Squadron 576 X1D UL-C2 Operation Aubigne Date 1 6th May 1944 Date 2 7th May 1944
Further Information

"Serial Range ND324 - NE181 This aircraft was one of 600 Lancaster Mk.111s ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) and delivered from Dec43 to May44 with Merlin 38 engines. ND783 was delivered to 576 Sqdn 29Apr44. Also took part in the Key Operation against Mailly-le-Camp 3/4May44. When lost on its second Key Operation ND783 had a total of 14 hours, and was the only aircraft lost on this operation. Airborne 0015 7Jul44 from Elsham Wolds to destroy an ammunition dump. Those killed are buried in Bayeux War Cemetery.
A/C Ivelaw-Chapman was the most senior RAF officer taken prisoner while in Bomber Command Service. He had recently taken up a Staff Officer post in 1 Group. See BCWD for further details.

F/L J.M.Shearer RNZAF KIA
A/C R.Ivelaw-Chapman (P2) PoW
Sgt C.N.G.Drew KIA
W/O A.H.Biltoft RAAF KIA
Sgt J.A.Ford RAAF Evd
Sgt C.V.Fox KIA
Sgt J.W.McLeod RAAF KIA
Sgt A.R.Jackson RAAF KIA
Air Commodore Ivelaw-Chapman was detained in the Dulag-Luft Interrogation Centre. No PoW No. "

spidge · 05-08-2008, 04:30 PM

The details of the two RAAF lads and the crew that were killed on D-Day and buried at Bayeux War Cemetery are listed below.

Lancaster ND874 Information

Type Lancaster Serial Number ND874 Squadron 50 X1D VN-R Operation Coastal Battery Date 1 5th June 1944 Date 2 6th June 1944
Further Information

"Serial Range ND324 - NE181 This aircraft was one of 600 Lancaster Mk.111s ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) and delivered from Dec43 to May44 with Merlin 38 engines ND874 was issued to 50 Sqdn 6Apr44. ND874 took part in the following Key Raids: Schweinfurt 26/27Apr44; Mailly-le-camp 3/4May44; Duisberg 21/22May44; . Airborne 0231 6Jun44 to bomb the Coastal Defence Battery at St- Pierre-du-Mont.

Of those killed, three are buried in Bayeux War Cemetery and three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

P/O R.G.Ward RAAF KIA

Sgt D.P.Mangan KIA

Sgt K.O.Smith KIA

F/S R.Haine KIA

F/S G.F.Livingstone KIA

Sgt S.K.Reading Evd

F/S M.r.Burgess RAAF KIA "

01-08-2008, 05:45 AM	#31 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Flt/Lt Anderson, Thomas Robert Bowden at Ranville War Cemetery: http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imag...84519&I=1&SE=1 ANDERSON Thomas Robert Bowden - (Flight Lieutenant); Service Number - 409081; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mustang B160; Place - Fontaine Etoupetour, France; Date - 10 June 1944 __________________ 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

01-08-2008, 05:57 AM	#32 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Double Post __________________ 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

01-08-2008, 06:11 AM	#33 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	La Delivrande War Cemetery Squadron Leader William Walter Blessing DSO DFC. BLESSING William Walter - (Squadron Leader); Service Number - 404648; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mosquito BM 964; Place - Northern France; Date - 7 July 1944 AWM Collection Record: UK0331 - 404648 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) William Walter Blessing DSO DFC, RAAF serving with 105 Squadron, RAF of Braidwood NSW (centre) outside Buckingham Palace after an Investiture, with Miss A P Birch ... From: http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=7437 Mosquito ML964 Information Type Mosquito Serial Number ML964 Squadron 105 X1D GB-J Operation Caen Date 1 7th July 1944 Date 2 7th July 1944 Further Information "Serial Range ML956 - ML999. 44 Mosquito B.MkXV1. Powered by Merlin 72/73 engines. Part of a batch of 152 delivered by De Havilland (Hatfield) between 24Nov43 and 4Dec44. MM170 was not delivered. First operational sortie 21Mar44. Airborne 1946 7Jul44 from Bourn as a primary Target Marker. Shot about by a fighter and badly damaged. P/O Burke baled out, as ordered, and landed safely inside Allied held territory, his gallant Skipper remained at the controls to enable his navigator to abandon and was unable to get clear of the aircraft himself. S/L W.Blessing DSO DFC RAAF KIA P/O D.T.Burke On 28Apr01 the obituary of W/C Edward 'Barty' Barton who had been Chief Signals and radar officer with the PFF was published in 'The Daily Telegraph'. In particular he helped introduce and develop Oboe, the most accurate blind-bombing aid of the war. The Oboe secret was so valuable, that when this Mosquito was shot down with the equipment on board near Caen, Barton was despatched in another Mosquito to investigate. He succeeded in findng the Mosquito. S/L Blessing had been killed before he could destroy the Oboe equipment but Barton was able to remove it from the crash site before the enemy came upon it. In this obituary S/L Blessing has been designated 'Wing Commander'. " Last edited by spidge; 01-08-2008 at 06:19 AM.

04-08-2008, 10:41 PM	#37 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Hi Lee, Fantastic pics. In the previous few grave photos you posted, I put a bit of background on the lads. I will see what I can do with what they were doing when they were killed. I have been a little time poor of late. Thanks again for the pics. Cheers Geoff __________________ 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

05-08-2008, 02:34 PM	#38 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Great photos Lee. Any chance of naming which cemeteries are which? Cheers Geoff __________________ 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

01-08-2008, 09:37 AM	#34 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,456	Where is that red phone box & what's it doing in France?

05-08-2008, 04:07 PM	#39 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	The three RAAF lads that were killed on 7th May 1944 and buried at Bayeux cemetery were Biltoff, Jackson & Knight. Air Commodore Ivelaw-Chapman was the most senior RAF officer taken prisoner while in Bomber Command Service. (Does anyone know what BCWD means?) Lancaster ND783 Information Type Lancaster Serial Number ND783 Squadron 576 X1D UL-C2 Operation Aubigne Date 1 6th May 1944 Date 2 7th May 1944 Further Information "Serial Range ND324 - NE181 This aircraft was one of 600 Lancaster Mk.111s ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) and delivered from Dec43 to May44 with Merlin 38 engines. ND783 was delivered to 576 Sqdn 29Apr44. Also took part in the Key Operation against Mailly-le-Camp 3/4May44. When lost on its second Key Operation ND783 had a total of 14 hours, and was the only aircraft lost on this operation. Airborne 0015 7Jul44 from Elsham Wolds to destroy an ammunition dump. Those killed are buried in Bayeux War Cemetery. A/C Ivelaw-Chapman was the most senior RAF officer taken prisoner while in Bomber Command Service. He had recently taken up a Staff Officer post in 1 Group. See BCWD for further details. F/L J.M.Shearer RNZAF KIA A/C R.Ivelaw-Chapman (P2) PoW Sgt C.N.G.Drew KIA W/O A.H.Biltoft RAAF KIA Sgt J.A.Ford RAAF Evd Sgt C.V.Fox KIA Sgt J.W.McLeod RAAF KIA Sgt A.R.Jackson RAAF KIA Air Commodore Ivelaw-Chapman was detained in the Dulag-Luft Interrogation Centre. No PoW No. " __________________ 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

05-08-2008, 04:30 PM	#40 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	The details of the two RAAF lads and the crew that were killed on D-Day and buried at Bayeux War Cemetery are listed below. Lancaster ND874 Information Type Lancaster Serial Number ND874 Squadron 50 X1D VN-R Operation Coastal Battery Date 1 5th June 1944 Date 2 6th June 1944 Further Information "Serial Range ND324 - NE181 This aircraft was one of 600 Lancaster Mk.111s ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) and delivered from Dec43 to May44 with Merlin 38 engines ND874 was issued to 50 Sqdn 6Apr44. ND874 took part in the following Key Raids: Schweinfurt 26/27Apr44; Mailly-le-camp 3/4May44; Duisberg 21/22May44; . Airborne 0231 6Jun44 to bomb the Coastal Defence Battery at St- Pierre-du-Mont. Of those killed, three are buried in Bayeux War Cemetery and three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. P/O R.G.Ward RAAF KIA Sgt D.P.Mangan KIA Sgt K.O.Smith KIA F/S R.Haine KIA F/S G.F.Livingstone KIA Sgt S.K.Reading Evd F/S M.r.Burgess RAAF KIA " __________________ 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

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