Battle of Britain: Casualties R.A.F. or Fleet Air Arm during the period 10 July to 31 October 1940

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  1. CL1

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    Pilot Officer DAVID NOEL WOODGER

    42666, 234 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
    who died age 20
    on 24 August 1940
    Son of Reginald White Woodger and Edith Muriel Woodger, of Old Coulsdon, Surrey.
    Remembered with honour
    RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL


    P/O D.N.Woodger of No 235 Squadron and his gunner D.L.Wright were shot down and killed in error by a Hurricane of No 1 R.C.A.F. Squadron on the 24th of August 1940 at 16:45hrs. Their Blenheim IV (T1804) crashed at Bracklesham Bay.
     

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Leading Aircraftman ALBERT LAWRENCE AUSTIN

    917258, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    who died
    on 26 August 1940

    Remembered with honour
    NORTHWOOD CEMETERY

    LAC A.L.Austin of No 604 Squadron was on night patrol on the 25th of August 1940 and his Blenheim I (L6782) crashed near Exeter. His pilot (J.G.B.Fletcher) and the other crew member (C.Haigh) were killed. Austin died of his wounds on the 26th of August 1940.
     

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    ARTHUR CHARLES HAMILTON

    78543 PO Air Gunner British 141 Squadron

    Hamilton, of North Harrow, Middlesex, joined the RAF in March 1940 and was commissioned as a direct-entry Air Gunner. With training completed, he joined 141 Squadron at Turnhouse in May. The squadron moved south to West Mailing on July 12 1940. He was in one of nine Defiants which were attacked off Dover by Bf 109s of III/JG 51 on July 19. Hamilton's pilot, Flying Officer I D G Donald, was killed in the aircraft and Hamilton baled out but drowned in the sea. Their Defiant, L 7009, crashed at Elmsvale Road, Dover. Hamilton was 28 and is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent. He may have had some family connection with Southern Rhodesia and there is a 141 Squadron memorial plaque in the hall of Churchill School, Causeway, Zimbabwe.
     
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    JAMES THOMAS JOHNSTON

    43037 PO Pilot Canadian 151 Squadron

    Johnston joined the RAF on a short service commission in January 1939. After completing his flying training at 2 FTS, Brize Norton, Johnston was posted direct to J51 Squadron at Martlesham Heath on July 13 1940. Having bypassed OTU, he was converted on the Station Flight Master by Barry Sutton of 56 Squadron, then non-operational, sick.
    On August 15 Johnston was shot down by Bf 109s and crashed into the Channel off Dymchurch, in Hurricane P 3941. He was picked up. dead.
    He was 26 years old and is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery. Kent.
     
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    MARMADUKE RIDLEY

    565201 Sgt Pilot British 616 Squadron

    Ridley, of Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was educated at Atkinson Road Junior Technical School. He joined the RAF in January 1931 as an Aircraft Apprentice and passed out in December 1933 as a Fitter, Aero Engines. He later applied for pilot training and was selected. He joined 616 Squadron at Leconfield in early 1940. Over Dunkirk on May 28, his Spitfire was badly damaged in what was the squadron's first real action of the war and he suffered a head wound. On August 26 1940 Ridley was shot down and killed in combat over Dover, possibly by Hauptmann Fozo of 4/JG 51. He was 24 years old and is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent
     
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    CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSON

    79241 PO Air Gunner British 264 Squadron

    Born on July 11 1905, Johnson was educated at Brentwood School. After leaving, he went to a tailoring college and was subsequently employed as a travelling cutter and fitter by Hector Powe, the tailors. He lived in Nottingham. Johnson and his younger brother, Louis, volunteered for aircrew duties soon after the outbreak of war and were both accepted for direct-entry commissioned air gunners.Charles Johnson joined 264 Squadron at Kirton-in-Lindsey in mid-August 1940. He was gunner in Defiant L 7026, shot down in combat with Bf 109s of JG 26 over Thanet on August 28. The aircraft crashed in flames on Sillibourne Farm, Hinxhill. Both Johnson and the pilot, Pilot Officer P L Kenner were killed.
    It was Johnson's first operational sortie.He is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent. Louis Johnson went on to bombers, survived three tours of operations and ended the war as a Squadron Leader DFC and Bar. He died in 1990, aged 80.
     
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    HARRY RAYMOND HAMILTON

    39316 FL Pilot Canadian 85 Squadron

    Hamilton, of Kings County, New Brunswick, joined the RAF on short service commission in October 1936. He was posted to 3 FTS, Grantham on January 11 1937 and joined 46 Squadron at Digby on August 7. In early 1940 Hamilton was with 611 Squadron and was posted to 85 Squadron at Debden on May 25, as a Flight Commander. On July 30 he shared in the destruction of a Bf 110, on August 18 he claimed a Bf 110 destroyed and shared a He 111 and on the 29th he destroyed a Bf 109 and was then himself shot down and killed, over Winchelsea. Hamilton's Hurricane, V6623, crashed near the ruins of Camber Castle. He was 23 years old and is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent.
     
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    CHARLES ANTHONY WOODS-SCAWEN

    40778 PO Pilot British 43 Squadron

    Woods-Scawen was born in Karachi, India on February 18 1918 and returned to England in 1924. He was educated at the Salesian College, Farnborough and joined the RAF on a short service commission in March 1938. He was posted to 6 FTS, Netheravon on May 21 and joined 43 Squadron at Tangmere on December 17.
    Over Dunkirk on May 31 1940, Woods-Scawen's Hurricane, L 1592, was damaged in combat with Bf 109s. He returned to Tangmere with a rapidly-overheating engine and made a belly-landing. On June 1 he damaged a Bf 109. Woods-Scawen baled out over France on the 7th, after a combat near Dieppe, in which he shot down a Bf 109. He landed in German-held territory and had walked twenty miles before falling in with a retreating British column. Evacuated from Cherbourg, Wood-Scawen arrived back at Tangmere eight days after he took off.
    On August 8 he claimed a Bf 110 destroyed and three Ju 87s probably destroyed ten miles south of the Isle of Wight but his own aircraft was damaged and he landed back at Tangmere with slight shell splinter wounds in the legs. On the 12th Woods-Scawen damaged a He 111, and on the 13th he destroyed two Ju 88s over Petworth but was himself shot down by return fire and baled out, unhurt.His Hurricane, R 4102, crashed and burned out on Northend Farm, Milland, near Midhurst.
    Woods-Scawen claimed a He 111 destroyed on the 15th and two Ju 87s on the 16th. On this day he was shot down by a Bf 109 off the Sussex coast and baled out, slightly injured. His Hurricane, N 2621, crashed near Parkhurst, Isle of Wight.
    Woods-Scawen claimed a Bf 109 destroyed on August 30. He was shot down in combat with Bf 109s on September 2 and baled out too low and was killed His Hurricane, V 7420, crashed at Fryland, near Ivychurch. He is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent. Woods-Scawen was awarded the DFC (6.9.40). Younger brother of P P Woods-Scawen.
     
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    HARRY DAVIES EDWARDS

    41837 PO Pilot Canadian 92 Squadron

    Edwards, of Winnipeg, joined the RAF on a short service commission in January 1939. He was posted in May to 13 FTS, Drem and with training completed, he went to 92 Squadron at Tangmere in October 1939. Edwards was in action over France and Dunkirk in May 1940. On the 23rd he claimed a Ju 88 destroyed and probably two Bf 109s and a Bf 1 10, on the 24th he got another probable Bf 109 and on June 2 he claimed a He 111 destroyed. On July 4 Edwards shared in the destruction of a He 111. He was shot down and killed in combat with Bf 109s on September 11 1940. His Spitfire, P 9464, crashed into a wood at Evegate Manor Farm, Smeeth. The wreck was not discovered until October 7. Edwards was 24.
    He is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent.
     
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    HOWARD PERRY HILL

    41847 Pilot New Zealander 92 Squadron

    Born in Christchurch on April 17 1920. Hill was at Marlborough College from 1932 to 1936. He applied for an RAF short commission in 1938 and after being; provisionally accepted, he sailed for the UK on December 16 in the RMS Rangitata. On January 24 1939 Hill went to 13 E&RFTS. White Waltham to begin his flying training He moved to 13 FTS. Drem on April 17.On completion of the course, Hill was posted to 8 Air Observers' School, Evanton on October staff pilot. Two weeks later he joined the newly-reformed 92 Squadron at Tangmere, then equipped with Blenheims but these were replaced by Spitfires in March 1940. On July 26 Hill shared in the destruction of a Ju 88, on September 15 he shot down two He 111s and shared a Do 17, on the 18th destroyed a Ju 88 and on the 19th shared a probable Ju 88 and damaged another. North of Dungeness on September 20 1940 the squadron was attacked from above and behind by Bf 109s of JG 51. Hill was in the rear section and one of the first to be attacked. He was shot down in flames by Major Molders and crashed into high tree tops at West Hougham. Kent. The Spitfire. X 4417 remained undiscovered for a month. Hill is buried in Folkestone Cemetery and his name appears on the reredos in St George's Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill.
     
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    Pilot Officer JACK ROYSTON HAMAR
    D F C

    70898, 151 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
    who died age 25
    on 24 July 1940
    Son of Arthur T. Hamer and Sarah A. Hamar, of Knighton.
    Remembered with honour
    KNIGHTON CEMETERY
     

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    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Name: VILLIERS-TUTHILL, GEORGE
    Initials: G
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Peregrine
    Age: 26
    Date of Death: 31/08/1940
    Additional information: Son of Thomas Vernon Villiers-Tothill and Mary Ida Tothill, of Westminster, London. His brother, R. M. Villiers-Tothill, also died on service.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 10.
    Cemetery: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY

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    Lieutenant George Villiers-Tothill lost his life on 31 August 1940 when his Fairey Swordfish L9716 crashed into the Northsea. He was from 812 Fleet Air Arm Squadron (H.M.S. Peregrine). He was on a mission to attack ships in the harbor of Amsterdam.
     
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    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Name: LEES, FREDERICK LEONARD
    Initials: F L
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Kestrel
    Age: 23
    Date of Death: 02/07/1940
    Additional information: Son of Henry and Clara Lees, of Newport, Fife.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 10.
    Cemetery: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY

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    Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Lees was flying the Fairey Swordfish L7646, together with Sub-Lieutenant Barry Grigson. They were from 825 Fleet Air Arm Squadron (H.M.S. Kestrel) and on a mission to attack ships in the harbor of Rotterdam. The airplane got hit by FLAK and crashed at Rozenburg.
     
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    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    Name: GRIGSON, BARRY PAWLET
    Initials: B P
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Kestrel
    Age: 20
    Date of Death: 02/07/1940
    Additional information: Son of Capt Pawlet St. John Baseley Grigson and Kathleen Monica Grigson, of East Harling, Norfolk.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 10.
    Cemetery: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY

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    See above.
     
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    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    Name: LEES, FREDERICK LEONARD
    Initials: F L
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Kestrel
    Age: 23
    Date of Death: 02/07/1940
    Additional information: Son of Henry and Clara Lees, of Newport, Fife.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 10.
    Cemetery: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY

    Name: GRIGSON, BARRY PAWLET
    Initials: B P
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Kestrel
    Age: 20
    Date of Death: 02/07/1940
    Additional information: Son of Capt Pawlet St. John Baseley Grigson and Kathleen Monica Grigson, of East Harling, Norfolk.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 10.
    Cemetery: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY


    Tuesday 2 July 1940

    825 Squadron (FAA)
    Swordfish L7646

    Operating out of RAF Detling failed to return from bombing barges in the River Maas, Holland.


    'The Other Few' - L. Donnelly DFM
     
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    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    Name: VILLIERS-TUTHILL, GEORGE
    Initials: G
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
    Unit Text: H.M.S. Peregrine
    Age: 26
    Date of Death: 31/08/1940
    Additional information: Son of Thomas Vernon Villiers-Tothill and Mary Ida Tothill, of Westminster, London. His brother, R. M. Villiers-Tothill, also died on service.
    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 10.
    Cemetery: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY


    Saturday 31 August 1940

    812 Squadron (FAA)
    Swordfish L9716

    Came down in the sea after an attack against barges at Amsterdam.

    'The Other Few' - L. Donnelly DFM
     
  17. Pieter F

    Pieter F Very Senior Member

    I'll see if I have got some more for you here in the province.
     
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    Sub-Lieutenant (A) ARTHUR GILES BLAKE

    H.M.S. Daedalus (Fleet Air Arm), Royal Navy
    attd. 19 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
    who died age 23
    on 29 October 1940
    Son of John Henry Laws Blake and Mary Jayne Blake.
    Remembered with honour
    LANGLEY MARISH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD







    Sub/Lt A.G.Blake of No 19 Squadron was killed on the 29th of October 1940 when his Spitfire II (P7423) crashed near Chelmsford, Essex after an encounter with a Messerschmitt Me 109 at 17:15hrs.
     

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    Commemorated Ruislip,Middlesex

    Flying Officer JOHN REGINALD HARDACRE

    41405, 504 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
    who died age 24
    on 30 September 1940
    Son of James William and Marion Eleanor Hardacre, of Ruislip, Middlesex.
    Remembered with honour
    FAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

    F/O John R.Hardacre of No 504 Squadron was killed on the 30th of September 1940. His Hurricane I (P3414) was shot down in combat off Weymouth, Dorset at 17:00hrs.
     

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