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Those known to have served with No. 58 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Adlam Leonard F P. Sgt (d.20th Oct 1940 )
- Bird Arthur. Sgt. (d.8th July 1941)
- Brown. Ernest Henry . P/O (d.20th Oct 1940)
- Caryll-Tilkin Marcel C.. Sgt.
- Caryll-Tilkin Marcel C . Sgt (d.20th Oct 1940)
- Collie DFM. Alexander Petrie. WO.
- Crisp . Sgt
- Eades. George Hadley Templeton . (d.26th March 1943 )
- Ford Edgar Ivan. F/O. (d.24th April 1945)
- Ford Gordon James. Flt.Sgt. (d.18th June 1940)
- Gosling. . Sgt
- Green Cyril S G . Sgt (d.23rd Oct 1940 )
- Isherwood Leonard. Sgt. (d.11th Jul 1940)
- Jones-Robert Eric. Sgt. (d.18th June 1940)
- Kerry . P/O
- Kirby . Sgt
- Langfield. Robert E . Sgt
- Laws. Andrew. A. . P/O
- Leahy Patrick J. Sgt. (d.20th April 1942)
- Mackenzie Angus Carr. P/O. (d.9th Jun 1942)
- Mulvihill Neville Robert.
- Newlove Dudley. Flt.Sgt. (d.20th April 1942)
- Philp John Adam. P/O. (d.4th Jun 1942)
- Shipley Howard Piper. F/Sgt. (d.15th Jan 1941)
- Smith Norman Sidney. Sgt (d.14th Nov 1940)
- Uff . Sgt
- Williams Leonard Stanley. Flt.Sgt. (d.10th Aug 1942)
- Wright Charles Austin. SgtPilot. (d.9th Oct 1940)
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Want to know more about No. 58 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2048 items tagged No. 58 Squadron Royal Air Force available in our Library
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P/O. Angus Carr Mackenzie 58 Squadron (d.9th Jun 1942) Angus Mackenzie served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 58 Squadron, CWGC records him as being killed while serving with 35 Squadron.
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Sgt. Leonard Isherwood 58 Squadron (d.11th Jul 1940) Leonard Isherwood was my great uncle.
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Neville Robert Mulvihill 58 Squadron Neville Mulvihill served in the RCAF from 9th of October 1942 to September 1945. He was a Flying Officer.
His medals were the Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and War Medal 1939-1945. He joined 58 Squadron on the 27th of April 1945 and was part of Coastal Command.
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Sgt. Eric Jones-Robert 58 Squadron (d.18th June 1940) Sergeant (Observer) Eric Jones-Robert was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Jones-Roberts of Llangollen, Denbighshire.
He was aged 23 when his plane Crash landed after engine failure - three crew baled out and were taken PoW. Pilot, Fl/Sgt. Gordon James Ford 562682 RAF and Observer, Sgt. Eric Jones-Roberts 580580 RAF were killed during landing.
He is buried in the Culemborg General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherland.
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Flt.Sgt. Gordon James Ford 58 Squadron (d.18th June 1940) Flight Sergeant Gordon Ford was the son of William James Ford and Rachel Ford of Crumlin, Monmouthshire.
He was aged 28 when his plane crash-landed after engine failure, three crew baled out and were taken POW. Pilot, Fl/Sgt. Gordon James Ford 562682 RAF and Observer, Sgt. Eric Jones-Roberts 580580 RAF were killed during landing.
He is buried in the Culemborg General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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F/Sgt. Howard Piper Shipley No. 58 Squadron Royal Air Force (d.15th Jan 1941) Sergeant (Pilot) Shipley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shipley, and stepson of Kate E. Shipley, of Walsall, Staffordshire.
He was 24 when he was killed and is buried in the Alkmaar General Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Flt.Sgt. Dudley Newlove 58 Squadron (d.20th April 1942) Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Dudley Newlove was the son of William J. and Olive B. Newlove of Islington, Ontario, Canada.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Protestant Section of the Bantry Abbey Churchyard, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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WO. Alexander Petrie Collie DFM. 58 Squadron My father, Alexander Collie did not disclose a lot of information to us about his time in the RAF. He had several crash landings returning from bombing raids, one landing crashed into a hen house, he had a photograph of the crew standing beside the plane with feathers everywhere, unfortunately we do not now have the photograph.
He was awarded the DFM for cutting loose a bomb stuck in the bomb release bay, the aircraft had been damaged by anti aircraft fire and had been in collision with a night fighter, the plane could not gain height because of the weight of the bomb and the damage to the tail fin. Once the bomb was cut free the aircraft managed to climb from 500 feet to 1000 feet and crawl home to the nearest airfield.
His squadron was later posted to the middle East.
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F/O. Edgar Ivan Ford 58 Squadron (d.24th April 1945) Flying Officer (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Edgar Ford was the son of Edgar and Elizabeth Anne Ford of Gilroy, Saskatchewan, Canada.
He was aged 20 when he died and is buried in the Odder Sogns Churchyard in Denmark.
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P/O. John Adam Philp 76 Sqd. (d.4th Jun 1942) John Philp served with 58 and 76 squadrons operationally flying Whitleys and Halifaxs. Details from his Pilots flying log book state:
John Adams Philp was born on 28th February 1921 at 44 Henleage Avenue, Bristol. He attended Dover College and then the Medical School at the University of Bristol where he volunteered for service with the RAFVR.
His flying training commenced at No.17 EFTS (elementary flying training school) RAF North Luffenham on 19th April 1941, where he flew DH 82As, finally flying solo and then being assessed as a pilot with average proficiency after 51 hours 30 min flying time on 30th May. After a period of leave he continued at the EFTS from 8th June to 18th June where he received further training flying DH 82As.
On 19th of June, John transferred to No 6 SFTS at RAF Little Rissington achieving flying A/S Oxfords. His first solo flight in an Oxford was on 3rd July. He qualified for the award of the Flying Badge as a Pilot on 30th August 1941, after a total of 136 hours 35 minutes flying time. John was then posted to No.19 OTU (officers training unit) at Kinloss on 18th September for further training, this time on Whitley IV and Vs to 6th November.
John then joined 58 Squadron `B’ flight on 20th of November 1941 at RAF Linton on Ouse and, after further training practice including 5 days at No.2 BAT Flight Driffield, he flew his first nine missions on Whitley Vs. These included bombing operations to Stavanger on 6th January 1942, Brest on 8th January, Emden on 10th January, Rotterdam on 28th January, Mannheim on 11th February, Le Harve on 14 February (abandoned operation due to failure of aircraft to climb plus bad icing and suffered a forced landing at Digby with bombs still on board on his return), Emden on 12th March (Johnny missing) Boulogne on 13th March (docks targeted 16.250 lbs bombs nickels) and on Paris 26th March (nickel raid).
On 7th April 1942 he commenced a Halifax conversion course, completing this on 17th May when he was posted to 76 Squadron `A' flight on 19th May 1942.
His first mission with 76 Squadron was on 30th May 1942 and was part of the 1000 bomber raid on Cologne; he was to fly Halifax 11 F-W1104. The Flight crew of F for Freddie were F.O. Philp - Pilot. F.Sgt Mullhauser - Wireless Operator, F.Sgt Ormerod - Obs/Navigator, F.Sgt – Lofts Bomb Aimer, Sgt Watson - Rear Gunner, Sgt Battersby - Flight Engineer, Sgt Hart - Mid-Gunner. He noted in his log book; `aircraft on target in biggest raid ever whole Cologne area ablaze and fires seen for miles. Our load dropped well on target'. His second operational mission with F-W1104 was to Essen on 1st June.
He was killed in action on only his 3rd mission with F-W1104 of 76 Squadron (his 12th operational) on 3rd/4th June 1942, flying on a raid over Bremen. His log book was noted as missing and stamped ‘death presumed’ by his commanding officer.
John Adams Philp was aged 21 years the son of Leslie and Evelyn Philp of Bristol and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
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