Base: Thorney Island
Take off time: 0545
Op: Bombing - L'Orient
ORB notes that on taking off, engine stalled and the a/c crashed. Gunner was killed, pilot and observer injured...
Sgt Crout's date of death is 1/12/1940. Possibly he died later of his wounds.
The ORB notes that P/O Christie was transferred from RN Hospital Haslop to Herewood House on the 17th of March 1942.
One casualty:
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No crew images available at this time.
During WWII, the RAF used three-letter codes to identify their aircraft from a distance. Two large letters were painted before the roundel, which signified the squadron to which the aircraft belonged, and another letter was painted after the roundel which indicated the individual aircraft. Aditionally, there was the individual serial number for each aircraft, which was painted in a much smaller size, usually somewhere at the rear of the aircraft: (more)
Codes used by RAF 59 Squadron:
PJ Sep 1938 - Sep 1939
TR Sep 1939 - Oct 1942
1 Aug 1943 - Jul 1944
WE Jul 1944 - Oct 1945
BY Oct 1945 - Jun 1946, Dec 1947 - Oct 1950