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Operation Chariot: The Raid on St. Nazaire
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By Stephen Perry
HALIFAX MKV (REGISTRATION: EB129)
Airborne 1950 from Tempsford on OPERATIONS PENNYFARTHING / TRAINER 38 & MELPOMENE to France PENNYFARTHING being an OSS target Lost control in cloud at 3,000 feet following engine failure and crashed 0200at Saint Gilles near Brunelles, 6 km E of Nogent-le-Rotrou.and 45km west of Chartres. Those killed were initially buried at Chartres. Their graves are now located in St-Desir War Cemetery, some 4 km W of Lisieux. 1 Lt Gross USAAF, pilot with st the CARPETBAGGER FORCE, had been attached from No.22 Sqdn, 497 Anti-Submarine Group. He is the only USAAF casualty buried outside of a designated US Military Cemetery in France.
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  1. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Watts, Ernest Reginald

    SURNAME Watts FORENAME Ernest Reginald UNIT 161 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANK Flight Sergeant NUMBER 1388097 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,France Coll.grave VII.A.2-5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION husband of Ada Elizabeth...

  2. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Shore, Wilfred Raymond Russ

    SURNAME Shore FORENAME Wilfred Raymond Russ UNIT 161 Squadron (R.C.A.F.) RANK Flight Sergeant NUMBER 4417 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE 22 GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,France VII.A.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada born Ryde,Isle...

  3. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Line, Murray Alfred

    SURNAME Line FORENAME Murray Alfred UNIT 161 Squadron (R.A.A.F.) RANK Pilot Officer NUMBER 413621 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE 26 GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,France Coll.grave VII.A.2-5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Alfred Clive and Jean Rubina...

  4. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Harrison, Ernest

    SURNAME Harrison FORENAME Ernest UNIT 161 Squadron (R.A.A.F.) RANK Flight Sergeant NUMBER 413993 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE 32 GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,France VII.A.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of John Alexander Alphonse and Annie Teresa...

  5. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Cotterill, Ronald

    SURNAME Cotterill FORENAME Ronald UNIT 161 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 945026 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,France Coll.grave VII.A.2-5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Harry and Florence Cotterill,Ladywood,Birmingham...

  6. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Batten, Harold Royston

    SURNAME Batten FORENAME Harold Royston UNIT 161 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 1333486 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,France VII.A.14 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION wireless op./air gunner SOE Op.Pennyfarthing,France Halifax...

  7. CARPETBAGGERS Gross, Burton W.

    SURNAME Gross FORENAME Burton W. UNIT 22 Anti-Submarine Squadron (479 A-S Group) RANK First Lieutenant NUMBER 0-668710 DATE OF DEATH 11th November 1943 AGE 27 GRAVESITE St Desir War Cemetery,Calvados,France Collective grave VII.A.2-5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from San...
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