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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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13th July 1942 602 Squadron Spitfire Vb BM182 F/O. Innes-Jones

Operation: Circus 199

Date: 13th July 1942 (Monday)

Unit: No. 602 Squadron (motto: Cave leonem cruciatum - 'Beware the crossed lion') 11 Group

Type: Spitfire Vb

Serial: BM182

Code: LO-?

Base: RAF Redhill, Surrey

Location: English Channel

Pilot: F/O. Edgar Mostyn Innes-Jones NZ/40769 Age 30. Missing - believed killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off at 1415 hrs with 11 others to escort Bostons who were raving Boulogne, France.

Lat seen about 10-15 miles off Berck-sur-Mer when they were jumped by about 25 enemy fighters. BM182 had fallen behind and it is assumed he was shot down. His body was not knowingly recovered.

Two spitfires from 405 squadron were also lost during the same operation, both Canadian pilots were killed. Further information can be found here.

Burial details:

F/O. Edgar Mostyn Innes-Jones. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 114. Born 21st November 1911 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A self employed accountant prior to enlisting on the 12th March 1940. Son of Mostyn Humphrey and Mabel Innes-Jones (née Studholme) of Te Kuiti, North Island, brother of Mrs Rosalind Mostyn Barker, Mangapehi of North Island. 971 flying hours logged. 22 operational sorties

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to Jenifer Lemaire and to the extensive research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland Library Heritage Collection, AWMM, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:

KTY 13-01-2021

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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