#WW1 #SWW #CWGC #LWF Finishing my battlefield tour today. Tyne Cot yesterday, Menin Gate Last Post ceremony last night, stopping at Lille today to visit 21 BC aircrew, 14 RAAF, all died during a raid on Lille on 10th May 1944. And a reminder that France paid a heavy price in SWW also.
#FWW #SWW #LWF Back to the Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux for the start of a tour of the "Victory to Defeat" battlefields with Robert Lyman and Lord Dannat. Beautiful day and ghe Memorial was immaculate leading up to Anzac Day. Tomorrow Hamel then Arras.
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#SWW #LWF #RAAF The sixth post in my Substack series following the operational tour of F/Lt Robin Anderson DFC and his crew flying with 106 Sqn over the winter of 1943 during the "Battle of Berlin" is now live. tamino1959.substack.com/p/berlin-to-...
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CWGC gravestone pf F/O Caffyn
He had been a police detective in Victoria prior to enlistment. When he was refused leave in 1941 by the Police Force to enlist in the RAAF he resigned his position in order to join up. His body was exhumed in 1947 and reinterred in the Berlin War Cemetery. #LWF 🧵 3/3
Report of the death of F/Sgt Noonan published in his local newspaper. Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article260728304
CWGC grave at Rheinberg War Cemetery of Sgt Noonan Source: Findagrave.com
BK270 was shot down and crashed, bursting into flames, near Monchengladbach, again with the loss of all aircrew on board. Sgt Noonan is now buried along with his crewmates in the Rheinberg War Cemetery. His mother visited his grave in 1955. Sgt Hall is buried at Becklingen Cemetery. #LWF 🧵 6/6
It was impossible not to be moved by how uniformly he appears to have been admired by others throughout his life. It was evidently a great blow to those who knew him closely, felt even years later, after he was lost. He is buried with F/O Hannah in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium. #LWF 🧵 8/8
Commemorative memorial to the crew of LM 336 in the Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, rue des Petits Pères. Source: https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-2eme-louvre
Newspaper report that F/Sgt Chadwick was missing in action. Published in the "Honour Roll" section of the Brisbane Courier Mail on 16th August 1944. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48959700
Flung from the plane, Chadwick's body was found on the balcony of an adjacent building. He was buried with his six crewmates in the Clichy North Cemetery near Paris. There are memorials to the crew at the crash site in rue St Honoré and also in the Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. #LWF 🧵 4/4
CWGC gravestone of Lindsay Wheeler at Rheinberg Forest
Report of the Road Race in memory of Lin Wheeler held in 1946
Their bomb aimer survived but subsequently died while a POW. W/O Wheeler, along with his crewmates killed in the crash, is now buried at the Reichswald Forest Cemetery. In 1946 a 40 mile road race in his memory organized by the Footscray Cycling Club was started by his brother Chris. #LWF 🧵 5/5
#SWW 16.9.43 #OTD 401449 F/Lt Les Knight, DSO, MiD, a hero of the Dambusters raid, was killed after his plane was damaged during a raid on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. He allowed his crew to parachute to safely but died when he crash landed near the Dutch vilage of Den Ham. #LWF bsky.app/profile/tami...
Enlistment photo of Mervyn Pask
The Bielefeld Viaduct after its destruction by a Grand Slam bomb dropped by 617 Sqn on 14th March 1945. Mervyn Pask had flown in a raid by 617 on the previous day that was called off due to poor weather.
The regular navigator in the crew of LM512, 426150 F/Sgt Mervyn Pask, was not flying on this operation. After the loss of his crew he transferred to 617 Sqn in November where he flew a further 8 ops, making 22 in total. These included an attack on the Bielefeld Viaduct in March 1945. #LWF 🧵 3/3
Copy of letter from CO of 127 Sqn to P/O Bell's father informing him that his son was missing following the patrol on 11th September 1944. From Bell's Casualty file at naa.gov.au
CWGC gravestone of Colin Bell at Ostend Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Source: https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/619638
Bell's body washed up a month later and is buried now in Ostend Cemetery. His CO wrote a heartfelt letter to his father informing him of his loss and stating " "Dinger" has been with the Squadron for a long period and in that time has made himself indispensable and a fine fighter pilot" #LWF 🧵 5/5
Source: Casualty Report for Herbert James Thomson at naa.gov.au Dear Sir. I refer to previous correspondence concerning your late son, Flying Officer Herbert James Thomson. A report has iust been recelved by this department from the Missing, Research and Enquiry Service operating in Germany and although I regret to have to inform you of the following details contained in tlie report it is considered that you would prefer to know all the information available. The report, which based on investigations in the area where your son's aircraft, crashed, and upon inspection of town hall and cemetery records at Nackenheim, states that your son's' aircraft crashed there at approximately 3 a.m. on the 9th September, 1942. Nackenheim is situated approximately six miles south-west of Mainz. The body of your son and those of other members of the crew were recovered from the wreckage and accorded a military funeral in the Nackenheim Civil Cemetery. The burial service was conducted by a Doctor Schimitt, Catholic priest of Mainz. Your son was buried in grave No. 5 of the military section, and his comrades were interred in adjacent graves. The visit to the cemetery disclosed that the graves were well kept. and it is thought you would like to know that, at the time, on each grave was a bouquet of white chrysanthemums. Each grave will be marked with a cross bearing the member's name and service particulars, and when registered will be taken over and cared for in perpetuity by the Imperial War Graves Commission. See also a newspaper report of this letter; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116563717
Echuca War Memorial Source: https://placesofpride.awm.gov.au/memorials/164211
He was buried with his crewmates initially near their crash site at Nackelheim. In 1947 his parents received a letter from the RAAF passing on a report unequivocally confirming his loss. He is now buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery and is commemorated on the Echuca War Memorial. #LWF 🧵 4/4
CWGC gravestone of F/Sgt Colin Fleischfresser at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
They were one of 315 Lancasters on the raid to Berlin this night, of which 22 were lost. Over the target JD417 was coned by searchlights. Unable to escape it exploded in mid-air after numerous hits by flak. Only Fleischfresser's body was recovered. He is buried in the Berlin War Cemetery. #LWF 🧵 4/4
Memorial plaque at Gunnedah Cemetery, NSW.
Local Muswellbrook newspaper report published on 12th September 1944 of the loss of Keith Panwick. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107786479
His pilot entered into cloud and their aircraft crashed soon after on high ground in near Caernarvon. All six onboard, including the four other RAAF aircrew who had "crewed up" with him, were killed. F/S Panwick is buried at Chester Cemetery. #LWF 🧵 2/2
Newspaper report confirling the loss of Arthur Parsons published in the Townsville Daily Bulletin in May 1945. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61952790
Translation of the letter received from a local resident describing the loss of NF962 during the raid on Agenville. Extracted from the digitized Casualty Report for Arthur Parsons at naa.gov.au Parsons, Sisley and the other six crew members are now buried at Abbeville CWGC cemetery.
No fighter opposition was encountered but cloud cover forced the attackers to bomb the target from low level. NF962 was hit by flak and crashed with the loss of all on board in forest 20 km from Agenville. It was several days before the remains of the crew could be recovered and buried. #LWF 🧵 3/3
Ruins of central Konigsberg following the Bomber Command raids in August 1944.
Memoriam notice for F/O Morris Roe and the crew of Lancaster LL790 including F/Lt Lyons published in the Brisbane Telegraph on August 30th 1948 Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216597877
Their target this night was Konigsberg in East Prussia. The raid was judged highly successful despite crews having to fly at extreme range deep into Germany. However LL790 and its crew were lost without trace, one of 15 planes lost on the raid. It was F/Lt Lyons 44th operation overall. #LWF 🧵 3/3
RAAF identity photograph of John Welch cropped from his service record at naa.gov.au
CWGC gravestone of F/O Welch at Durnbach War Cemetery. John Welch's war service was commemorated at a Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial on 26th April 2016. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2133724
#SWW 28.08.43 #OTD 413918 F/O John Welch, 29 y/o, was the pilot of Lancaster LM334 of 207 Sqn. He died with his crew mates when their plane was shot down by a nightfighter in the early hours of this day during a raid on Nurnberg. It was his 4th op and his crew's 3rd. #LWF
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#SWW Summer break in Normandy included several CWGC visits. RNZAF pilot Fraser Barron DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, acting Wing Cdr at 23 in 15 Sqn of PFF, is buried in Le Mans. Master Bomber of a raid when hit by flak and crashed on his 75th op. Was nice to see the tribute left to a keen rugby player. #LWF
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Newspaper report of the loss in action of F/O William Barbour Source; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189854274
Report of the post-war repatriation from Changi Prison of Bill Barbour's father, Colin Barbour, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62863755
Bill Barbour was on his 18th sortie when he and navigator F/O Fred Dodd were lost at sea. Their bodies were never recovered and their loss was deeply mourned by 455 Sqn. Both are listed on the Runnymede Memorial. Colin Barbour survived Changi and was repatriated to Queensland in 1945. #LWF 🧵 5/5
Newspaper report of the loss of Alec Saint-Smith following the Beauvoir raid and giving an overview of his flying career. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49564907
CWGC gravestone of F/O Saint-Smith at the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
The Beauvoir raid was Saint-Smith's 73rd operational sortie. A newly launched V-1 exploded prematurely in their vicinity as they were homebound. With no chance of survival their aircraft crashed close to the site of the Great War battle at Baupaume. They are buried in Abbeville Cemetery. #LWF 🧵 3/3
CWGC grave of 408145 Sgt John Lovell DFM
Photograph of John Lovell
John Lovell, a 25 y/o Tasmanian, was the air bomber on L7546. He had bedn a farmer and horse breaker prior to his enlistment in January 1941. #LWF
CWGC grave of F/O William Kirk at St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens
After the port engine caught fire immediately FV998 dived steeply to the left. It was observed to hit the ground, exploding on impact. No parachutes emerged and all five crew members were killed immediately. F/O Kirk is buried with his crewmates in the St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens. #LWF 🧵 7/7
