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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

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Son of Leslie George and Kathleen Burnett; husband of Lilian Mary Burnett of Ernesettle Plymouth.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial.<br />

F/Sgt James Stones, age 23.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 751932.<br />

Son of James and Muriel Stones of Bell Green, Coventry.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial<br />

F/Sgt John Wilson, age unknown.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1120348.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial<br />

Sgt Ronald Andrew Senior, age 23.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1115843.<br />

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Senior; husband of Betty Senior of Cloughton, Yorkshire.<br />

Gibraltar Memorial.<br />

* Accident report indicates seven rather than eight crewmembers were lost.<br />

Fortress IIA FK206 ‘K’ of 220 Squadron<br />

December 4, 1943: Crashed into ocean after night take-off from Lagens, Azores, en route to the<br />

United Kingdom. Official likely cause was loss of control following the change from visual flight to<br />

instruments on a very black night. All eight crewmembers lost, as follows:<br />

Flg Off Desmond Edward Morris, age 26. (Captain)<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 132320.<br />

Son of Edward Noel and Margaret Morris; husband of Janet Alice Morris.<br />

Panel 126, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

F/Sgt <strong>Robert</strong> Noel Morrison, age 22. (Second pilot)<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1192004.<br />

Son of <strong>Robert</strong> Leonard and Edith Leiper Morrison of Reading, Berkshire.<br />

Panel 138, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

Plt Off Harold Lawson, age 23.<br />

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 149162.<br />

Son of William James Lawson, and of Gertrude Lawson of Whitestakes, Lancashire.<br />

Panel 132, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

Desmond Edward Morris.<br />

Plt Off James Geoffrey Johnson, age 20. (Navigator)<br />

Royal Australian Air Force, Service No: 408252.<br />

Son of Alex Arthur and Amy Florence Johnson of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.<br />

Row A, Grave 6, Lajes War Cemetery, Azores.<br />

Plt Off Arthur Pearce, age 25.<br />

Royal Australian Air Force, Service No: 406868.<br />

Son of Lionel and Phyllis Jean Edna Pearce of Busselton, Western Australia; husband of Jean Mearns<br />

Pearce of Glasgow.<br />

Panel 191, Runnymede, Surrey.<br />

<strong>Robert</strong> Noel Morrison.<br />

W/O Class II Joseph Edouard Roch Boudreault, age 22.<br />

Royal Canadian Air Force. Service No: R/125388.<br />

Son of Elzear and Cecile Boudreault of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />

Row B, Grave 2, Lajes War Cemetery, Azores.<br />

W/O Class II Carl Thomas Flack, age 23.<br />

Royal Canadian Air Force, Service No: R/121119.<br />

Son of Alex and Clara Flack of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Canada.<br />

Row B, Grave 1, Lajes War Cemetery, Azores.<br />

W/O Michael Patrick Campion, GC, age 27.<br />

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