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Sgt James Cleveland Harold Rudolf Jaeger, age 31. (Second pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1382407. Son of Cleveland and Ingeborg Jaeger of Kentish Town. Square 162, Grave 46526, Highgate Cemetery, London. F/Sgt Frederick Arthur Robinson, age 29. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1376615. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Robinson; husband of Winifred May Robinson of Ilford, Essex. A.I.B. Panel 76, Runnymede, Surrey. F/Sgt John Blatch Taplin, age: 27. Royal Australian Air Force, Service No: 407607. Son of Alfred Basil John and Estelle Christina Taplin; husband of Nancy Eileen Taplin of Largs Bay, South Australia. Grave 2, West Wall Border, Nunton Old Churchyard, Benbecula. Sgt John Flower Guppy, age: 20. Royal Australian Air Force, Service No: 406452. Son of George Edward and Nellie Guppy of Perth, Western Australia. Grave 3, West Wall Border, Nunton Old Churchyard, Benbecula. Survivors: Sgt David Strang Coutts, Service No. 1023023 - died in the crash of Fortress IIA FK206 on November 29, 1943. Sgt James Hunt, Service No. 986959 - returned to operations with 206 Sqn and survived the war. Fortress IIA FL453 ‘A’ of 206 Squadron December 14, 1942: Failed to return to Benbecula. Believed aircraft flew into the sea while establishing sea level barometric pressure. All seven crewmembers lost, as follows: Flg Off John Owen, age 21. (Captain) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 63800. Son of Arthur and Beatrice Mary Owen of Wilmslow, Cheshire. Associate of the Institute of Bankers. Panel 67, Runnymede, Surrey. Sgt Robert Nockold Hildred, age 21. (Second pilot) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1333535. Son of Victor John and Constance Mary Hildred of Camberley, Surrey. Panel 85, Runnymede, Surrey. Flg Off John Owen. (via David Clarke) F/Sgt Eric Crowe, age 25. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 964953. Son of Ernest and Edith Mary Anne Crowe; husband of Freda Mary Crowe of Muswell Hill, Middlesex. Panel 74, Runnymede, Surrey. Sgt Rupert Bentley, age 32. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1115124. Son of Arthur and Alice Bentley of Meols, Cheshire. Panel 78, Runnymede, Surrey. Sgt William James Parnell, age 22. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1163993. Son of Thomas Hugh and Melinda Parnell; husband of Rosina Phyllis Parnell of Tuffley, Gloucestershire. Panel 91, Runnymede, Surrey. Sgt Walter Shanks, age 21. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1067932. Son of Archibald and Agnes Shanks; husband of Margaret Stevens Shanks of Currock, Carlisle. Pane 93, Runnymede, Surrey. 4
Sgt Garfield Charles Wilson, age: 21. Royal New Zealand Air Force, Service No: NZ411113. Son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Wilson of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. Panel 118, Runnymede, Surrey. Sgts Rupert Bentley and Garfield C Wilson replaced regular crew members Sgts Donald Bryan and Charles Neill on this flight. Bryan later explained he was stood down following a sleepless night on orderly duty during a severe gale. Fortress IIA FK209 ‘J’ of 59 Squadron March 23, 1943: Shot down at 47º42’N 06º55’W by Junkers Ju 88C of 13/KG40 flown by Oblt Hermann Horstmann while based at Chivenor, Devon. All eight crewmembers lost, as follows: Flg Off Richard John Weatherhead, age 30. (Captain) Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: J/6992. Son of John Christopher Weatherhead and Florence Edith Weatherhead of Mission City, British Columbia, Canada. Panel 175, Runnymede, Surrey. Flg Off Robert Albert Phillips, age 31. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 128609. Son of Robert and Sarah Ellen Phillips of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Fisher Phillips of Bolton. Panel 128, Runnymede, Surrey. Flg Off Willard Christian Zapfe, age 27. Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: J/7024. Panel 175, Runnymede, Surrey. Plt Off George Cojocar, age 22. Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: J/16374. Panel 175, Runnymede, Surrey. W/O Class II William James Arnold, age 20. Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/106166. Son of C. H. and Ethel W. Arnold of Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. Panel 179, Runnymede, Surrey. W/O Class II Clarence Lummis Copping, age 25. Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/77233. Son of William Carter Copping and Isabella Lummis Copping of Waterloo, Quebec, Canada. Panel 179, Runnymede, Surrey. W/O Class II Richard Glover Montgomery, age unknown. Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/106426. Panel 180, Runnymede, Surrey. W/O Class II Frank Spino, age 26. Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/75875. Son of Mauro and Rose Spino of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Panel 180, Runnymede, Surrey. Fortress II FA698 ‘V’ of 59 Squadron March 26, 1943: Flew into hill at Luscott Barton near Chivenor during BABS approach. Three of seven crewmembers lost, as follows: Plt Off Denis Macrorie Dunn, age 30. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 141755. Son of Wilfred Macrorie Dunn and Helen Dunn; husband of Eileen Hester Dunn, of Clapham, London. Block 5, Grave 7941, Richmond Cemetery, Surrey. 5
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