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Date | Rank | Squadron | Claimed | Location | Time | Aircraft Flown | Notes |
12/01/1940 | Leutnant | S. Saarbrücken | - | ||||
29/06/1940 | Pilot Officer | Aden | Flying Gladiator L7619 | ||||
29/06/1940 | Pilot Officer | CR32 | Capuzzo-Sidi Aziez | Damaged. Flying Gladiator N5768 | |||
17/08/1943 | Leutnant | SR-2: 5000m | 12.1 | Flying Fortress 42-5914 'Sack Time'. | |||
10/10/1943 | Unteroffizier | 6km NE Münster: 7500m | 15.06 | This was B-17 Flying Fortress F 42-30047 'Sweater Girl' of 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. | |||
14/10/1943 | Oberfeldwebel | SW Verdun: 7000m | 15.58 | This was Flying Fortress F 42-30040 of 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. | |||
27/01/1944 | Oberleutnant | 04 Ost S/BM 1-2: [E. Pertuis] | 12.05 | This is most likely either Flying Fortress F-30-DL 42-3166 of 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, or Flying Fortress F-15-VE 42-5746 of 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group. | |||
27/01/1944 | Leutnant | 04 Ost S/BL 4: [Salon] | 12.12 | This is most likely either Flying Fortress F-30-DL 42-3166 of 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group, or Flying Fortress F-15-VE 42-5746 of 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group. | |||
20/02/1944 | Leutnant | ||||||
15/03/1944 | Feldwebel | 30km NE Amiens | 10.54 | The claimed aircraft was Spitfire Mk.IX MJ126 of No.401 Sqn RCAF piloted by Flying Officer R J F Sherk. Some reports suggest the Spitfire crash landed after suffering engine failure. | |||
06/04/1944 | Unteroffizier | 8km SW Grosseto: 150m | 15.38 | ||||
11/04/1944 | Hauptmann | 1352/05 Ost: 800m [England] | 0.5 | This was the No.64 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IX BL581 flown by Flight Sergeant G R Maunders, who baled out over Coltishall and was ok. | |||
04/03/1945 | Oblt. | NJG 2 | W. Lincoln | 0.56 | Lancaster Mark III, PB 118 'Q' from 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF Wigsley near Lincoln was on a night exercise practice bombing over the Bassingham ranges between Lincoln and Newark close to the A46 Fosse Way. This crew had never been on 'Ops'. They saw one aircraft shot down in flames. The rear gunner then saw a Ju 88 who kept following the Lancaster until he gave the aircraft a burst of fire to put him off. Complying with instructions known as 'Scram' the pilot of the Lancaster headed in a Westerly direction. Five minutes later the mid upper gunner spotted another Ju88 but evaded any damage. Not long after, over Worksop, the Lancaster was hit on the starboard engine inner, the attacker for some reason or other could not be seen, after a second burst of fire the aircraft was out of control. The Skipper gave the order to bale out in the vicinity of Warsop Windmill. The blazing aircraft plunged, fortunately, into a field near the railway embankment at Sookholme, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Six of the seven crew survived, the mid upper gunner (believed to be Flt Sgt Joseph William Camm RAFVR (1452103)) was killed, landing in the Spion Kop region. The Ranby family cared for them. Eddy Moss, deceased, a Gents Hairdresser on Sherwood Street was an A.R.P. Warden at the time and saw the Lancaster coming down in flames. |
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