Coastal Command July 1944

[Alex Smart]

Coastal Command
July 1944

1 - Wellington X - 14 OTU - LN689
1 - Beaufighter TF.X - 455 Sqn - NE773
3 - Anson I - SF, Tiree - MG468 - ( Coastal ?).
4 - Mosquito FB.VI - 248 Sqn - LR339 - ( Coastal ?).
5/6 - Hudson IIa - 161 Sqn - FK790.
6 - Beaufighter TF.X - 455 Sqn - LZ194.
6 - Beaufighter TF.X - 455 Sqn - NE348.
7 - Wellington XIV - 179 Sqn - HF129.
7 - Beaufighter TF.X - 404 Sqn - NE744.
7 - Wellington XIV - 407 Sqn - HF412.
9 - Wellington XIII - 524 Sqn - MF375.
10 - Beaufighter TF.X - 144 Sqn - NT925.
10 - Beaufighter VI - 153 Sqn - ND293 - ( Coastal ?).
10 - Beaufighter TF.X - 455 Sqn - NE760.
10 - Mosquito PR.XVI - 544 Sqn - MM365.
12/13 - Wellington XIII - 415 Sqn - MF494.
12/13 - Wellington XIII - 524 Sqn - MF374.
13 - Liberator V - 120 Sqn - BZ910 - [ 42-63898 ].
13 - Liberator V - 311 Sqn - BZ717 - [ 42-70287 ].
13 - Sunderland III - 490 Sqn - ML852 - ( Coastal ?).
15 - Wellington XIV - 172 Sqn - NB831.
15 - Liberator VI - 206 Sqn - EV947 - [ 42-64328 ].
16 - Hudson III - 1407 Sqn - FH361 - [ 41-37162 ].
17 - Warwick I - 276 Sqn - BV353.
18 - Beaufighter XI - 9(C) OTU - JL893.
18 - Liberator GR.III - 86 Sqn - FL907 - [ 41-11740 ].
18 - Beaufighter TF.X - 236 Sqn - NE828.
19 - Beaufighter TF.X - 144 Sqn - NE749.
20 - Liberator GR.VI - 206 Sqn - EV873 - [ 42-63230 ].
20 - Beaufighter TF.X - 254 Sqn - NE225.
21 - Beaufighter TF.X - 144 Sqn - LZ134.
21 - Mosquito FB.VI - 235 Sqn - HR131.
21 - Mosquito FB.VI - 248 Sqn - HP973.
21 - Albacore I - 415 Sqn - X9281.
22 - Beaufighter TF.X - 236 Sqn - NT944.
23 - Spitfire V - 276 Sqn - EN841.
23 - Sunderland III - 302 FTU - ML845.
27 - Beaufighter VIc - 132 OTU - JL776.
30 - Wellington XIV - 172 Sqn - HF449.
30 - Beaufighter TF.X - 489 Sqn - NE745.
31 - Liberator V - 53 Sqn - EW306 - ( 44-10309 ).
31 - Warwick ASR.1 - 282 Sqn - HF980

[John Williams]

Hi Alex,
455 Sqn NE348 shot down by Flak while attacking a convoy off the Dutch coast. Pilot F/O W M Barbour RAAF and Nav F/O F G Todd both killed. 6 July 1944.

455 Sqn LZ194 hit by Flak off the Dutch coast 6 July 1944 and ditched, Pilot F/Sgt J Costello RAAF killed Nav F/Sgt R Taylor made a pow.

455 Sqn NE760 crashed in the sea while on patrol 10 July 1944. F/Sgt M M Roberts and F/Sgt J T Andrews both killed.

Cheers,

John.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

COASTAL COMMAND
July 1944.

18 - Mosquito IX - 544 Sqn - LR431.

Detailed for ops to Leipzig, Osnabruck and Brunswick. Failed to return.

86696 F/L William HAMPSON RAFVR - POW - Stalag Luft 1 (No.4793)
176746 P/O George William Edgar NEWBY RAFVR - POW - Stalag Luft 1 (No.4800)

Col.

[COL BRUGGY]

Hello,

COASTAL COMMAND
July 1944

27 - Sunderland III - 4(C)OTU - W6010

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?uniq=W6010

Col.

[FlameOut]

Re. Warwick Mk 1 BV353/

Apologies if posted in the wrong section but I joined specifically to add a small bit of information concerning Sergeant Francis Warner Air Gunner on BV353.


Although his body was not recovered, he is commemorated on a family grave in Elmers End (Beckenham) Cemetery. Please see https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/74327

General details of the loss (focusing on Pilot Officer Norman John Walford Smith, RAAF) are at https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcr...n-john-420492/

[Andy Marden]

Thanks for this extra information. I have updated the aircraft page at:
https://www.rafcommands.com/database...php?uniq=BV353