Just reading again about the battle for Calais , on 27th May , 12 Lysanders dropped supplies to the garrison not knowing the battle was over & they were dropping supplies to the Germans. Three were shot down, I'm looking at a photo of one pilot in the wreckage of his plane as I type this. Anyone know who they were? Had a look on Geoff's search engine but 37 RAF casualties on 27th May 1940.
Haha! No worries , should of Googled this first. DOH!!! World War 2 - RAF 26 Squadron, January/June 1940 27/05/1940: Recce/Supply drops Type: Westland Lysander Serial number: L4782, RM-? Operation: Armed reconnaissance Lost: 27/05/1940 Pilot Officer (Pilot) Herbert D. Dixon, RAF 40809, 26 Sqdn., age unknown, 27/05/1940, Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, FLeading Aircraftman (Air Gnr.) Daniel M. Nimmo, RAF 536679, age 24, 27/05/1940, Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, F Took off from Lympne. Shot down and crashed 05.40 hrs. back up Type: Westland Lysander Serial number: L6863, RM-? Operation: Supply drop Lost: 27/05/1940 Pilot Officer (Pilot) Ernest E. Howarth, RAF 42129, 26 Sqdn., age 21, 27/05/1940, Calais Southern Cemetery, F Leading Aircraftman (Air Gnr.) John A. Bolton, RAF 538775, 26 Sqdn., age 27, 27/05/1940, Calais Southern Cemetery, F Took off from Lympne. Crashed near Calais 10.20 hrs. back up Type: Westland Lysander Serial number: N1243, RM-? Operation: Supply drop Lost: 27/05/1940 Pilot Officer (Pilot) James H. Deas, RAF 33539, 26 Sqdn., age 21, 27/05/1940, Calais Southern Cemetery, F Sergeant Terence McLoughlin, RAF 551464, 26 Sqdn., age 19, 27/05/1940, Calais Southern Cemetery, F Took off from Lympne. Crashed near Calais 10.20 hrs. Sources: CWGC and Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
Lysander (Believed to be) L6863. Crashed on top of Fort Risban controlling the entrance to Calais Harbour.
