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Operation: Vernon, France
Date: 10 June 1940 (Monday)
Unit: No 103 Squadron
Type: Fairey Battle I
Serial: P2328
Code: PM-?
Base: Ozouer-le-Doyen, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, France
Location: Between Gasny and Roconval, Eure, France
Pilot: P/O. Cecil Vernon Thomas 41963 RAF Age 19 Killed (1)
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Peter Ivo Bligh 541182 RAF Age 20 Killed (2)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Fairey Battle I aircraft (courtesy Imperial War Museum)
Fairey Battle P2328 took off from Ozouer-le-Doyen, Loir-et-Cher, Loire for a operation on Vernon. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take off. The aircraft may have been hit by flak or shot down by an enemy aircraft and crashed between Gasny and Roconval, Eure, on the River Epte 8 km ESE of Vernon, France
Map showing the area of the crash between Gasny and Roconval, Eure, France
Burial details:
P/O. Cecil Vernon Thomas. Gasny Communal Cemetery, Eure, France. Plot B. Joint grave 175. Son of John Dunn Thomas and Esther Elizabeth Thomas. Grandson of Mrs C H Griffiths of Little Sutton, Cheshire (1) Cecil Vernon Thomas was graded as Pilot Officer on probation 6 November 1939 and confirmed as Pilot Officer 6 February 1940
Sgt. Peter Ivo Bligh. Gasny Communal Cemetery, Eure, France. Plot B. Joint grave 175. Son of Thomas John and Ivy Elizabeth Bligh of Muswell Hill, Middlesex (2) Peter is remembered on the Muswell Hill Methodist Church War Memorial. Sgt.Peter Ivo Bligh was involved in a flying accident 6 August 1939. For further information (click here)
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