B-17 CC Additional Material by Robert M Stitt
Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service Second Edition Robert M Stitt Additional Material
Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service
Second Edition
Robert M Stitt
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Sgt Garfield Charles Wilson, age: 21.<br />
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Service No: NZ411113.<br />
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Wilson of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.<br />
Panel 118, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
Sgts Rupert Bentley and Garfield C Wilson replaced regular crew members Sgts Donald Bryan and<br />
Charles Neill on this flight. Bryan later explained he was stood down following a sleepless night on<br />
orderly duty during a severe gale.<br />
Fortress IIA FK209 ‘J’ of 59 Squadron<br />
March 23, 1943: Shot down at 47º42’N 06º55’W <strong>by</strong> Junkers Ju 88C of 13/KG40 flown <strong>by</strong> Oblt Hermann<br />
Horstmann while based at Chivenor, Devon. All eight crewmembers lost, as follows:<br />
Flg Off Richard John Weatherhead, age 30. (Captain)<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: J/6992.<br />
Son of John Christopher Weatherhead and Florence Edith Weatherhead of Mission City, British<br />
Columbia, Canada.<br />
Panel <strong>17</strong>5, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
Flg Off <strong>Robert</strong> Albert Phillips, age 31.<br />
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 128609.<br />
Son of <strong>Robert</strong> and Sarah Ellen Phillips of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Fisher Phillips<br />
of Bolton.<br />
Panel 128, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
Flg Off Willard Christian Zapfe, age 27.<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: J/7024.<br />
Panel <strong>17</strong>5, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
Plt Off George Cojocar, age 22.<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: J/16374.<br />
Panel <strong>17</strong>5, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
W/O Class II William James Arnold, age 20.<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/106166.<br />
Son of C. H. and Ethel W. Arnold of Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.<br />
Panel <strong>17</strong>9, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
W/O Class II Clarence Lummis Copping, age 25.<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/77233.<br />
Son of William Carter Copping and Isabella Lummis Copping of Waterloo, Quebec, Canada.<br />
Panel <strong>17</strong>9, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
W/O Class II Richard Glover Montgomery, age unknown.<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/106426.<br />
Panel 180, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
W/O Class II Frank Spino, age 26.<br />
Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/75875.<br />
Son of Mauro and Rose Spino of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.<br />
Panel 180, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />
Fortress II FA698 ‘V’ of 59 Squadron<br />
March 26, 1943: Flew into hill at Luscott Barton near Chivenor during BABS approach. Three of<br />
seven crewmembers lost, as follows:<br />
Plt Off Denis Macrorie Dunn, age 30.<br />
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 14<strong>17</strong>55.<br />
Son of Wilfred Macrorie Dunn and Helen Dunn; husband of Eileen Hester Dunn, of Clapham,<br />
London.<br />
Block 5, Grave 7941, Richmond Cemetery, Surrey.<br />
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