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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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01/02.03.1941 No. 144 Squadron Hampden I R4394 F/O. Skinner

Operation: Hannover

Date: 1/2nd March 1941 (Saturday/Sunday)

Unit: No. 144 Squadron

Type: Hampden I

Serial: P4394

Code: PL-?

Base: RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire.

Location: Wainfleet, Lincolnshire

Pilot: F/O. D.H. Skinner Injured

Obs: Sgt. Frederick Edward Darnell 759296 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. John Frederick Shutt 751644 RAFVR Age 26. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Raymond James Stanley Jones 553850 RAF Age 18. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off from R.A.F. Hemswell on an operation to Hannover.

The aircraft crashed at 22.15 hrs between Wainford Bank and Wainfleet All saints. No further details on this loss or the operation and welcome any further information.


144 Squadron


Above: 144 Squadron Hampden (courtesy IWM)

Burial details:

Sgt. Frederick Edward Darnell. Hatfield Road Cemetery St. Albans Sec M. Row G. Grave 19. Son of Wilfred George and Phyllis May Darnell, of St. Albans, England. Grave inscription reads: "He Was Beloved Of All That Knew Him For He Was A Precious Young Man Fit For God"

Sgt. John Frederick Shutt. Hartlepool West View Cemetery Sec 9. Cons. Row W. Grave 4. Son of Frederick and Jane Shutt, husband of Ada Mary Shutt, of West View, Hartlepool, England. Grave inscription reads: "Never In The Field Of Human Conflict Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few".

Sgt. Raymond James Stanley Jones. Bristol (Canford) Cemetery Sec Q. Grave 2922. Son of Harold J. Jones and Elsie Jones, of Horfield, Bristol, England. Grave inscription reads: "He Gave His Life That We May Live. Until We Meet Dear Son God Bless".

Researched for relatives of the crew we welcome any further information that you may have.

KTY - 03.03.2018 Map added

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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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