RAF losses May 1940. An update.

WHITEHOUSE, EDWARD HAMMOND 42035 Flight Lieutenant 28/05/1940
SCOTT, HORACE 77368 Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) 28/05/1940



264 Squadron
Defiant I L6959

Shot down by Me109.

FCL Franks

 

TWAMLEY, ARNOLD EDWARD DESMOND 580573 Sergeant (Obs.) 28/05/1940

21 Squadron
Blenheim IV L8744
Op. Clairmarais

Took off 1230 hrs Watton. Lost attacking enemy positions in the Clairmarais Forest, immediately east of St-Omer (Pas-de-Calais) France.

BCL Chorley.

 

WATSON, PETER VINCENT 41637 Pilot Officer (Pilot) 28/05/1940

19 Squadron
Spitfire I N3237

Patrol on 26 May 1940. Baled out during combat. Died of wounds 28 May 1940.

FCL Franks
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WINNING, EDWARD GEORGE 39204 Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 28/05/1940

213 Squadron
Hurricane I P3354 'E'

Escort to St-Omer (No other details)

FCL Franks
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BOOTH, ANTHONY FOSTER 42099 Pilot Officer 29/05/1940
ELLIOTT, DOUGLAS JAMES 749407 Sergeant 29/05/1940
SCOTT, ERIC ROBERT 624256 Sergeant 29/05/1940


235 Squadron
Blenheim IV L9397 LA-
Op. Patrol

Took off 1131 hrs Detling. Shot down in flames off France.

CCL McNeill

 

BROWNE, PATRICK EDGAR SEMPILL F M. 33222 Flight Lieutenant 29/05/1940


229 Squadron
Hurricane I P2636

Shot down by Me109.

FCL Franks

 

CLOUSTON, FALCON NELSON 40990 Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 29/05/1940

229 Squadron
Hurricane I P3489

Shot down by Me109

FCL Franks
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CROSS, RICHARD PERCY YEO 40087 Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 29/05/1940
SLOCOMBE, ALAN VICTOR 744906 Sergeant (Obs.) 29/05/1940


235 Squadron
Blenheim IV P6909
Op. Patrol

Took off 0705 hrs Detling in bad weather and circled to return to base then struck a tree while flying low over a thickly wooded hillock near Sittingbourne.

CCL McNeill

 

EVITT, HENRY GEORGE 40216 Flying Officer (Pilot) 29/05/1940
CHAPMAN, ERNEST WALTER JAMES 580408 Sergeant (Obs.) 29/05/1940
EDWARDS, CLEMENT ALLAN 550864 Aircraftman 1st Class (W. Op./Air Gnr.) 29/05/1940


88 Squadron
Battle I P2313 RH-
Op. Charleville

Exploded on take-off from Les Grandes Chappelles airfield.

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ELLIOTT, JAMES WILFRED 564608 Flight Sergeant 29/05/1940

56 Squadron
Hurricane I L1972

Shot down over Dunkirk.

FCL Franks.
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McDONAGH, THOMAS WILFRED 581348 Sergeant 29/05/1940
FINLAYSON, JOSEPH ANTHONY CALAMARO 619739 Sergeant 29/05/1940


59 Squadron
Blenheim IV R3664

Failed to return from reconnaissance sortie, shot down by flak near Dunkirk.

The Bristol Blenheim Warner



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FRANKS, ALEXANDER LUMSDEN 26053 Squadron Leader (Pilot) 29/05/1940 AFC

610 Squadron
Spitfire I N3177 'T'

Shot down by Me109. (Body washed up at Zeeland on the Dutch coast)
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GEORGE, REGINALD TYRRELL 40296 Flying Officer 29/05/1940

64 Squadron
Spitfire I K9832

Shot down in combat with Me109s.

FCL Franks.
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HACKNEY, HERBERT BRANWELL 43167 Pilot Officer 29/05/1940


64 Squadron
Spitfire I K9906

Shot down in combat with Me109s

FCL Franks

 

HARRISON, JAMES CHARLES 519293 Sergeant (Pilot) 29/05/1940


229 Squadron
Hurricane I P2876

Shot down by Me109.

FCL Franks

 

JENKINS, PETER DOUGLAS 740830 Sergeant 29/05/1940

610 Squadron
Spitfire I L1006 'R'

Baled out over the sea, hit by AA fire - presumed drowned.

FCL Franks
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KERR, GERALD MALCOLM THEODORE 90336 Flying Officer 29/05/1940

610 Squadron
Spitfire I

Shot down by Me109

FCL Franks

 

MANWARING, GEORGE ARTHUR PATRICK 39156 Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 29/05/1940
MURPHY, DAVID BEATTY 629645 Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 29/05/1940




235 Squadron
Blenheim IV L9401 LA-

Took off 1131 hrs Detling. (No other details)

 

ROGERS, ERIC GEORGE 37212 Squadron Leader 29/05/1940

64 Squadron
Spitfire I L1052

Shot down in combat with Me109s

FCL Franks
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WILSON, JOHN KERR 90338 Flying Officer 29/05/1940

610 Squadron
Spitfire I N3289

Shot down by Me109.

FCL Franks