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Operation: EMRO Patrol
Date: 06/07th May 1941 (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Unit: No. 59 Squadron (Coastal Command)
Type: Blenheim IV
Serial: V6311
Code: TR-A
Base: RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk.
Location: North Sea.
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Gerald Tudor Palmer DFC. 39333 RAF Age 23. Killed
Obs: Sgt. Alfred Daniel Whitson 746745 RAFVR Age ? Missing - believed killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Charles Esbeth Armour Dunlop DFM. 625116 RAF Age 33. Missing - believed killed (1)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off from RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk for a EMRO (2) patrol at 22:18 hrs.
Above Fl/Sgt. Dunlop with his girlfriend, thought to have been take outside Buckingham Palace receiving his D.F.M. His previous girlfriend was a young lady named Sophia Furgeson but they drifted apart after he joined up. (courtesy Sheila Roberts)
(1) DFM. published in the London Gazette 13th September 1940.(2) EMRO a patrol between Emden and Rotterdam, usually between the hours of darkness.
Left: Grave of the pilot, Sq/Ldr. Palmer DFC. As photographed by Bart Baeyens for Aircrew Remembered in July 2013. Any relative who would like a higher resolution photograph of the grave Bart would be happy for us to provide you with free of charge.
Fl/Lt Gerald Tudor Palmer DFC. Sage War Cemetery. Grave 5.B.5. Son of Gerald and Lena Palmer, of Denham, Buckinghamshire, England.
Sgt. Alfred Daniel Whitson. Runnymede Memorial Panel 54. No further details or next of kin yet available.
Fl/Sgt. Charles Esbeth Armour Dunlop DFM. Runnymede Memorial Panel 36. Also family grave at Craigton Cemetary, Glasgow Scotland. Grave No. H140. Son of Thomas and Mary Campbell Dunlop, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Researched for relatives of the crew ad in particular to Sheila Roberts and family - relatives of Fl/Sgt. Dunlop who supplied a great deal of information. With thanks also to Bart Baeyens of Lembeek, Flanders for the grave photograph taken for Aircrew Remembered in July 2013. I.T. Tavender - Distinguished Flying Medal 1918-1996, Ross Mcneill - "Coastal Command Losses Vol 1", Graham Warner - "The Bristol Blenheim", Commonwealth Graves Commission.
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them. - Laurence
Binyon
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