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| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7535 |
| MSN: | HA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham (takeoff at 00:10 hrs) |
| operation - Gnôme & Rhône plant at Gennevilliers |
Crashed at Colombes suburb of NW Paris. Initially buried at Dugny. Re interred after the conflict in Dreux Communal Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot:102593 Flt Lt Arthur Wyn Idwal Jones - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Grave 18 24 (NCO:740081 Commission Gazetted : Friday 29 August, 1941)
Pilot:1378284 Sgt John Kneeshaw - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Coll Grave 14-17
Flight Engineer:571552 Sgt Frederick Armstrong - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Coll Grave 14-17
Observer:1183344 Sgt Frederick Herbert Slatford - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Grave 19
Observer:1257537 Sgt Ronald John Craig Young - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Grave 12
Wireless Operator:979137 Sgt Thomas Edward Murray - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Coll Grave 14-17
Air Gunner:104401 P/O Stanley Brown - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Grave 13 (NCO:746857 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
Air Gunner:642788 Sgt John William Davis - Dreux Communal Cemetery Row 2 Coll Grave 14-17
The parents of F/L Jones lost another son on active service, David Vincent Jones (JA844, 619 Squadron).
Sources:
Roll of Honour 218(Gold Coast) Sqn RAF
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3345
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2017 20:49 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2021 12:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 24-May-2021 12:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 21-May-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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