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HALFIAX MKV (REGISTRATION: LL387)
Saboteur - The Untold Story of SOE's Youngest Agent at the Heart of the French Resistance: The Untold Story of SOE’s Youngest Agent at the Heart of the French Resistance
Saboteur - The Untold Story of SOE's Youngest Agent at the Heart of the French Resistance: The Untold Story of SOE’s Youngest Agent at the Heart of the French Resistance
By Mark Seaman
SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour
SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour
By Damien Lewis
HALFIAX MKV (REGISTRATION: LL387)
Airborne 2200 18th July 1944 fromTempsford on OPERATION SHIPWRIGHT 9, setting course for the DZ in France. Shot down near StPair-sur-Mer (Manche). Sgt Lee and Sgt Allison are now buried in Bayeux (Calvados), having been moved from Avranches. Sgt Dalgleish is buried at Beny-sur-Mer which is 4 km S of
'Juno' Beach. It is said that he was taken prisoner and then thrown off a cliff by a German soldier. The remaining four are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
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  1. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Pleasance, Nigel Leslie St George

    SURNAME Pleasance FORENAME Nigel Leslie St George UNIT 138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANK Flying Officer NUMBER 135090 DATE OF DEATH 19th July 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 208 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Samuel Thomas Leslie and Gladys Evelyn...

  2. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Lee, Raymond Leslie

    SURNAMELee FORENAMERaymond Leslie UNIT138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKSergeant NUMBER1614168 DATE OF DEATH19th July 1944 AGE22 GRAVESITEBayeux War Cemetery,France VIII.C.17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of Jesse J. and Edith Lee,Boxmoor,Hertfordshire wireless op./air gunner SOE Op.Shipwright...

  3. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Hearn, Eric Richard

    SURNAMEHearn FORENAMEEric Richard UNIT138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKSergeant NUMBER1867389 DATE OF DEATH19th July 1944 AGE21 GRAVESITERunnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 231 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of Frederick John and Margaret Nellie Hearn,Charlton,London aircrew SOE Op.Shipwright 9,France...

  4. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Fergus, Thomas

    SURNAMEFergus FORENAMEThomas UNIT138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKSergeant NUMBER1522934 DATE OF DEATH19th July 1944 AGE29 GRAVESITERunnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 229 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of James F. and Bella Fergus,Dalmuir,Dunbartonshire husband of Margaret Fergus aircrew SOE...

  5. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Dalglish, William Logan

    SURNAMEDalglish FORENAMEWilliam Logan UNIT138 Squadron (R.C.A.F.) RANKSergeant NUMBERR/223820 DATE OF DEATH6th August 1944 AGE20 GRAVESITEBeny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France IX.F.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of George and Olga (nee Logan) Dalglish,Ottawa,Ontario,Canada air gunner SOE...

  6. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Binns, Herbert Denis

    SURNAMEBinns FORENAMEHerbert Denis UNIT138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Lieutenant NUMBER49732 DATE OF DEATH19th July 1944 AGE GRAVESITERunnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 201 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONnavigator former 161 Squadron SOE Op.Shipwright 9,France Halifax LL387 crashed in sea near...

  7. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Allison, John

    SURNAMEAllison FORENAMEJohn UNIT138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKSergeant NUMBER1593445 DATE OF DEATH19th July 1944 AGE21 GRAVESITEBayeux War Cemetery,France II.M.16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of John and Isabella Allison,Thornaby-on-Tees,Yorkshire air gunner SOE Op.Shipwright 9,France Halifax...
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