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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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Coastal Command Crest
22.04.1945 8 OTU (Coastal Command) Mosquito HR464 Flt Sgt. Rogers

Operation: Training

Date: 22nd April 1945 (Sunday)

Unit No: 8 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Coastal Command

Type: Mosquito FB.VI

Serial: HR464

Code: 44

Base: RAF Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Location: 1 mile east of airfield

Pilot: Flt Sgt. Desmond Lawrence Rogers 1323284 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

Nav: Flt Sgt. Edmund Brierley 1457007 RAFVR Age 22. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off in the morning on operational flying exercises on high level photography practice.

At 09:30 hrs Flt Lt. Martin called Flying Control to report that he had seen the tail of a Mosquito break off in mid-air and that the aircraft crashed. Subsequently identified as Mosquito 44 piloted by Flt Sgt. Rogers.

A fire tender and ambulance were immediately sent to the crash scene but the pilot and navigator were found to be dead. The crash occurred in a field to the east of the aerodrome understood to be at Arnolds Down Farm.

Burial details:

Flt Sgt. Desmond Lawrence Rogers. Carshalton Churchyard (All Saints) Sec. P. Grave 41. Grave inscription: "YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE ALFRED BERNARD ROGERS LATE CAPTAIN, R.A.F". Born on the 29th March 1925 in Epsom, Surrey. Son of Alfred Bernard (deceased 31st January 1933) and Grade Gertrude (née Franks) Rogers. Husband to Etta Geneva (née Scott) whom he married in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

Flt Sgt. Edmund Brierley. Manchester Cemetery (Gorton). Grave inscription: "A NOBLE BOY IN HEART AND MIND BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND". Born in 2nd Qtr of 1923 in Ashton, Lancashire. Son of Edmund and Ada (née Royle) Brierley of Gorton, Manchester, England.

Researched by Steve Hunnisett and dedicated to the relatives of this crew. Thanks to Sam Dorrington and Kaycee for grave photographs.

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SH/KTY 09.02.2019

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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 Captain 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', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, 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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