Pathfinder Squadron RAF

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Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	23/08/1944	Koln	KB242	Mosquito XX	T/o 2135 Downham Market. Attacked four times by a fighter and, subsequently, crash landed 0110 at Woodbridge airfield Suffolk.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	S O	Webb
	P/O	?	Campbell

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	27/08/1944	Mannheim	KB212	Mosquito XX	T/o 2302 Downham Market.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	M W	Coles	DFC
	F/Lt	C E	Darby	DFM				J/15601	RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY	2042860	28/08/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	7/09/1944	Karlsruhe	KB264	Mosquito XX	T/o 2345 Downham Market. Crash landed 0420, due to engine failure, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	?	Jacobs
	F/O	?	Hobbs

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	13/09/1944	Berlin	KB359	Mosquito XX	T/o 2042 Downham Market. Crashed 2315, probably in open countryside, 11 km NW from Nauen.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	C R	Barrett	DFC		31		61470	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2078650	13/09/1944
	F/O	E S	Fogden			26		168808	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2079485	13/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	15/09/1944	Berlin	KB239	Mosquito XX	T/o 2345 Downham Market. Crashed 0230 in the Bahnof an Rangsdorf, a village on the E bank of the Rangsdorfer See, 9 km NNW of Zossen

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	B H	Smith			22		J/11053	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2761010	16/09/1944
	Sgt.	L F	Pegg					1338509	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2760621	16/09/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	9/10/1944	Wilhelmshaven	KB261	Mosquito XX	T/o 1803 Downham Market. On return to base the Mosquito was seen to enter the funnels, roughly at 1,000 feet, and then it dived into the ground and exploded at 2130.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	R G	Gardner			31		68776	BEARSTED (HOLY CROSS) CHURCHYARD	2824092	9/10/1944
	F/O	O C	Sweetman	DFM		27		145171	NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY	2810096	9/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	10/10/1944	Koln	KB404	Mosquito XXV	T/o 1812 Downham Market but the port engine failed at 100 feet and exercising considerable skill, F/O Smith RAAF force landed 1814 in a field, just beyond the airfield. Both crew members emerged unscathed.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J A	Smith
	Sgt.	?	Burchell

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	11/10/1944	Berlin	KB348	Mosquito XX	T/o 0136 Downham Market.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	S W	Reeder			23		172402	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2760764	12/10/1944
	F/Sgt	R J	Bolton			19		442325	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY	2078763	12/10/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	16/10/1944	Air Test	KB388	Mosquito XXV	Returned to Downham Market and landed at 1430 in a cross wind and swung off the runway, losing its undercarriage in the process.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	R H	Hardy

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	3/11/1944	Berlin	KB426	Lancaster III	T/o 2346 Downham Market but swung to the left. F/O Lockyer closed the throtles but was unable to prevent the Mosquito from crashing into a building. No injuries reported.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	C H	Lockyer

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	6/11/1944	Gelsenkirchen	KB364	Mosquito XX	T/o 1743 Downham Market. Crashed 2045, possibly due to icing, at Bawdeswell, a village just to the east of the main road between Norwich and Fakenham and about 13 miles NE from the former.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	J	McLean			26		185130	TRANENT NEW CEMETERY	2812612	6/11/1944
	Sgt.	M L	Tansley			21		1604944	FULHAM PALACE ROAD CEMETERY	2428509	6/11/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	10/11/1944	Hanover	KB360	Mosquito XX	T/o 2155 Downham Market but soon after leaving base the port engine failed and though the crew managed to jettison the bomb load, they were unable to prevent the Mosquito from crashing 2205 near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	S D	Webb			23		J/5122	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY	2929374	10/11/1944
	F/O	??	Campbell

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	6/12/1944	Berlin	KB235	Mosquito XX	T/o 1847 Downham Market. Crashed at Wijhe in the Dutch Province of Overijssel, 14 km SSE of Zwolle.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	G R E	Weir					141774	WIJHE GENERAL CEMETERY	2820749	6/12/1944
	F/O	J E C	Hardy			32		170251	WIJHE GENERAL CEMETERY	2820748	6/12/1944

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	8/12/1944	Duisberg	KB467	Mosquito XXV	T/o 1244 Downham Market. Hit by flak over the Ruhr which badly damaged the port engine. The crew were heard calling at 1511, after which it was established they had force landed, without injury, near Brussels

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	?	Henderson
	W/O	?	Foley

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	23/12/1944	Limburg	KB393	Mosquito XXV	T/o 1558 Downham Market. Landed 1948 at base whereupon the undercarriage collapsed. The Mosquito was damaged beyond repair but the crew escaped uninjured.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	R H	Hardy
	F/Sgt	?	Wearn

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	23/02/1945	Berlin	KB350	Mosquito XX	T/o 1816 Downham Market. Lost without trace.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	R A A	Doherty	DFC		27		102594	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	232319	23/02/1945
	F/O	L	Moore			21		164872	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL	1077086	23/02/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	28/02/1945	Berlin	KB273	Mosquito XX	T/o 1828 Downham Market

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	H W	Tyrell
	Sgt.	H J	Erben

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	3/03/1945	Berlin	KB411	Mosquito XXV	T/o 1819 Downham Market. Forced landed 2313 at Manston in Kent. No injuries reported.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	E S	Few	DFC AFC		25		83246	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356361	21/04/1945
	P/O	S S	Campbell					190300	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356243	21/04/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	5/03/1945	Berlin	KB197	Mosquito XX	T/o 1823 Downham Market. Crashed near Braine-le-Comte (Hainaut), a small town on the Halle to Soignies road and about 6 km NE from the latter. Initially, both were buried in a field close to where they crashed.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	M H M	MacLean	DFC		27		414311	LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY	2109826	5/03/1945
	Sgt.	R	Todd			19		1673062	LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY	2110074	5/03/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	8/03/1945	Berlin	KB406	Mosquito XXV	T/o 1820 Downham Market. Both crew members described as safe on loss card.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	L N	Hobbs
	F/O	R	Dennis

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	16/04/1945	Air Test	PF496	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1436 Downham Market for a night flying test combined with single engined landing practice. Approached the runway at 1506 but held off too high, stalled and wrecked.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/O	J F	Pickard

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	17/04/1945	Berlin	PF505	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2054 Downham Market. Bombed the AP at 2256 from 25,000 feet and then climbed to 27,000 feet, wherupon the port engine failed. Force landed 0045 at Strassfeld airfield some 16 km WSW from the centre of Bonn. On touhdown the undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft was wrecked. No injuries reported. This was the last Bomber Command aircraft written off during operations to Berlin.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	F/Lt	G C	Dixon
	F/O	?	Smith

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	21/04/1945	Kiel	RV359	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2145 Downham Market

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	S/L	E S	Few	DFC AFC		25		83246	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356361	21/04/1945
	P/O	S S	Campbell					190300	KIEL WAR CEMETERY	2356243	21/04/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	4/06/1945	Training	PF487	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2313 Downham Market but the port engine lost power and the pilot crash landed. No injuries reported.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/O	F I	Trezona

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	7/06/1945	Training	PF502	Mosquito XVI	T/o 2244 Downham Market. Returned to base at 0114 but on touch down , swerved violently to starboard and, still travelling at high speed, crashed into a building.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	W/O1	J C	Portway			23		1385470	WANDSWORTH (STREATHAM) CEMETERY	2429901	8/06/1945
	Sgt.	E S	Stephen			25		1588197	MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY	2404067	8/06/1945

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	26/06/1945	Training	RV358	Mosquito XVI	T/o 1044 Downham Market, the starboard engine failed. Returned to base at 1100 , crashed on landing.

	Rank	Init	Surname	Decoration	Unit	Age	Disposition	Service No.	Cemetery	CWGref	Deceased
	P/O	V D	Poole

Sqn	Date	Task	Desig	Type	Comments
608	9/07/1945	Ground	RV351	Mosquito XVI	On starting engines at 1500 at Downham Market in readiness for an air test the undercarriage gave way and the aircraft was wrecked.

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