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1st August 1942 On this day:  On the move  New duties  9 Squadron Wellington lost  44 Squadron Lancaster lost  Hospitalisation  Recce  Relocated  Harrassing Fire  Exercise  Celebrations  Shot down  Halifax ditched  Situation Report  Prisoners  Detachment to Caithness  Course  Reorganisation  On the Move  Photographs  On the Move  Detachments  Visit  9 Squadron Lancaster lost  Lost on recce flight If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Braybrook Bertram Stanley. Sergeant (d.1st August 1942) Budd Arthur Henry. (d.1st August 1942) Cooper Kenneth John. Sgt. (d.1st Aug 1942) Morris Robert Thomas. Sergeant (d.1st August 1942) 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, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 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Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about the 1st of August 1942? There are:24 items tagged 1st of August 1942 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Stories from 1st August 1942 Arthur Henry Budd. Army, 3 Amb Car Coy Royal Army Service Corps. (d.1st August 1942) I am trying to research my uncle's war years. Arthur Henry Budd was in the royal army service corps, he was killed 01/08/1942. Does anyone remember him? Colin Budd Add to this record. Sergeant Bertram Stanley Braybrook. RAAF, 35 Squadron. (d.1st August 1942) My grandfather was a pilot in 35 Squadron: Robert Thomas Morris, born September 1912. He died as a 'tail-end-Charlie' on 1 August 1942. He was a RAF Volunteer Reserve from Eccleshall, and his grave in marked in Flushing, Netherlands. He was a member of the crew flying in Halifax II, W1100, TL-G of 35 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. They were on a raid to Dusseldorf and were hit by flak over the target but managed to get as far as Holland before crashing near Serooskerke (Zeeland), on Schouwen. Two of the crew, my grandfather and Sgt B S Braybrook RAAF, were killed and the rest were taken prisoner. Does anyone have any information, and even a picture of him? The full crew was P/O C.C. Spencer POW Sgt C.A.C. Pithers POW P/O R. Casey POW Sgt W.A. Elliott POW Sgt H. Clarke POW Sgt Bertram Stanley Braybrook RAAF 403470. KIA, age 22 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery) Sgt R.T. Morris, RAF VR 1230755. KIA, age 29 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery) P/O R. Casey was interned in Camps 8B/344/L3. POW No.25114 with P/O C.C. Spencer, POW No.25120. Sgt H. Clarke in Camps 8B/344, POW No.25118 with Sgt W.A. Elliott, POW No.25116 and Sgt C.A.C. Pithers, POW No.25117. Cat Turner Add to this record. Sergeant Robert Thomas Morris. RAF VR, 35 Squadron. (d.1st August 1942) My grandfather was a pilot in 35 Squadron: Robert Thomas Morris, born September 1912. He died as a 'tail-end-Charlie' on 1 August 1942. He was a RAF Volunteer Reserve from Eccleshall, and his grave in marked in Flushing, Netherlands. He was a member of the crew flying in Halifax II, W1100, TL-G of 35 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. They were on a raid to Dusseldorf and were hit by flak over the target but managed to get as far as Holland before crashing near Serooskerke (Zeeland), on Schouwen. Two of the crew, my grandfather and Sgt B S Braybrook RAAF, were killed and the rest were taken prisoner. Does anyone have any information, and even a picture of him? The full crew was P/O C.C.Spencer POW Sgt C.A.C.Pithers POW P/O R.Casey POW Sgt W.A.Elliott POW Sgt H.Clarke POW Sgt Bertram Stanley Braybrook RAAF 403470. KIA, age 22 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery) Sgt R.T.Morris, RAF VR 1230755. KIA, age 29 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery) P/O R.Casey was interned in Camps 8B/344/L3. POW No.25114 with P/O C.C.Spencer, POW No.25120. Sgt H.Clarke in Camps 8B/344, POW No.25118 with Sgt W.A.Elliott, POW No.25116 and Sgt C.A.C.Pithers, POW No.25117. Cat Turner Add to this record. Sgt. Kenneth John Cooper. Royal Air Force, No. 106 Squadron. (d.1st Aug 1942) Kenneth Cooper was a navigator/observer with 106 Squadron. The pilot was W/O P.E. Merrals, and they were flying Lancaster R5604. They were shot down after bombing Dusseldorf, where they dropped the first 8,000 pound bomb carried by a Lancaster. We think the plane came down at Lubeck, and the entire aircrew was killed. He now rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery. John Cooper Add to this record.

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