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Those known to have served with No. 172 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Allen Bruce.
- Blair Ernest Anthony. F/O. Pilot (d.13th Apr 1942)
- Daniel Charles Trevor. Sgt. (d.13th Apr 1942)
- Le Frederick Charles. P/O. Gunner (d.13th Apr 1942)
- Noble Leslie. P/O. Observer (d.13th Apr 1942)
- Russ Hamar William. P/O. (d.13th Apr 1942)
- Sayle William Frederick Oliver. Sgt. (d.13th August 1943)
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P/O. Gunner Frederick Charles Le No. 172 Squadron, RAF (d.13th Apr 1942) A memorial to five air crew of a Wellington bomber was discovered by my son and family during a cliff walk in Devon. A keen family historian, I was determined to find out about "these boys", and so the journey began. All five names have been submitted to your website and they are all buried in the Heaton Punchard (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Devon. Four are side by side, and one a row behind. Their plane crashed at the base of the cliffs where their memorial was erected in 1988. The crash happened on the 13th April 1942, and as I understand it the No. 172 Squadron RAF was only formed on the 4th April 1942. These are the five: Ernest Blair was from New Zealand; Hamar Russ was Canadian; and Charles Daniel, Frederick Le Bon, and Leslie Noble were British. We hope to visit their graves, now that we know where they are. R.I.P.
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P/O. Observer Leslie Noble No. 172 Squadron, RAF (d.13th Apr 1942) A memorial to five air crew of a Wellington bomber was discovered by my son and family during a cliff walk in Devon. A keen family historian, I was determined to find out about "these boys", and so the journey began. All five names have been submitted to your website and they are all buried in the Heaton Punchard (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Devon. Four are side by side, and one a row behind. Their plane crashed at the base of the cliffs where their memorial was erected in 1988. The crash happened on the 13th April 1942, and as I understand it the No. 172 Squadron RAF was only formed on the 4th April 1942. These are the five: Ernest Blair was from New Zealand; Hamar Russ was Canadian; and Charles Daniel, Frederick Le Bon and Leslie Noble were British. We hope to visit their graves, now that we know where they are. R.I.P.
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Sgt. Charles Trevor Daniel No. 172 Squadron, RAF (d.13th Apr 1942) A memorial to five air crew of a Wellington bomber was discovered by my son and family during a cliff walk in Devon. A keen family historian, I was determined to find out about "these boys", and so the journey began. All five names have been submitted to your website and they are all buried in the Heaton Punchard (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Devon. Four are side by side, and one a row behind. Their plane crashed at the base of the cliffs where their memorial was erected in 1988. The crash happened on the 13th April 1942, and as I understand it the No. 172 Squadron RAF was only formed on the 4th April 1942. These are the five: Ernest Blair was from New Zealand; Hamar Russ was Canadian; and Charles Daniel, Frederick Le Bon and Leslie Noble were British. We hope to visit their graves, now that we know where they are. R.I.P.
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F/O. Pilot Ernest Anthony Blair No. 172 Squadron, RAF (d.13th Apr 1942) A memorial to five air crew of a Wellington bomber was discovered by my son and family during a cliff walk in Devon. A keen family historian, I was determined to find out about "these boys", and so the journey began. All five names have been submitted to your website and they are all buried in the Heaton Punchard (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Devon. Four are side by side, and one a row behind. Their plane crashed at the base of the cliffs where their memorial was erected in 1988. The crash happened on the 13th April 1942, and as I understand it the 172 Squadron RAF was only formed on the 4th April 1942. These are the five: Ernest Blair was from New Zealand; Hamar Russ was Canadian; and Charles Daniel, Frederick Le Bon and Leslie Noble were British. We hope to visit their graves, now that we know where they are. R.I.P.
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P/O. Hamar William Russ No. 172 Squadron, RAF (d.13th Apr 1942) A memorial to five air crew of a Wellington bomber was discovered by my son and family during a cliff walk in Devon. A keen family historian, I was determined to find out about "these boys", and so the journey began. All five names have been submitted to your website, and they are all buried in the Heaton Punchard (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Devon. Four are side by side, and one a row behind. Their plane crashed at the base of the cliffs where their memorial was erected in 1988. The crash happened on the 13th April 1942, and as I understand it the No. 172 Squadron RAF was only formed on the 4th April 1942. These are the five: Ernest Blair was from New Zealand; Hamar Russ was Canadian; and Charles Daniel, Frederick Le Bon, and Leslie Noble were British. We hope to visit their graves, now that we know where they are. R.I.P.
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Sgt. William Frederick Oliver Sayle 172 Squadron (d.13th August 1943) William Sayle was a wireless operator air gunner in 172 Squadron, Coastal Command, hunting submarines from R.A.F. Chivenor using Wellington Mark X111s.
He was the husband of Nora Sayle (nee Harwood). He was buried at Heanton Punchardon (St Augustine) Cemetery.
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Bruce Allen 172 Sqdn. I trained on Mark XIV Wellingtons equipped with Mark III Radar 10CM and a Leigh Light. Crew flew on ops with 172 Squadron from RAF Chivenor, Devon and RAF Limavady, Northern Ireland. We all survived and returned safely to Canada.
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