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7th September 1943 On this day:  9 Squadron Lancaster lost  Preparation for invasion  Operations  Potinville  Sandown I.O.W  Operation Order No 2 Issued  Training  Serrate system trials completed  Pathfinders shot down  On the Move  On the Move  Recce  Wellingtons attack U-Boat and one shot down  Move  Training  Dive bombing once again  Wizard prang  Flight to Russia  Detachment returned from N. Africa  On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Bretel Sylvester. Fus. (d.7th September 1943) Brown W. . Sgt (d.7th Sep 1943) Fedi Eric. Flt Sgt (d.7th Sep 1943) Goodwin Thomas George. Sgt. (d.7th Sep 1943 ) Munns W. F. . (d.7th Sep 1943 ) Painter John Harry . Sgt. (d.7th Sept. 1941) Ridley Andrew. Sergeant (d.7th Sep 1943) Smirk W. C. . (d.7th Sep 1943) Smith W. W. . (d.7th Sep 1943) Tomlinson. C. W. . (d.7th Sep 1943) Webb A. D.. Webb A. D.. Wilson R. R. . (d.7th Sep 1943) 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. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 16th Jan 2025 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 265273 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. 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 7th of September 1943? There are:20 items tagged 7th of September 1943 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 7th September 1943 Sergeant Andrew Ridley. RAF Volunteer Reserve, air gunner 102 Sqdn.. (d.7th Sep 1943) Unfornatle the only details I have are from my father who has passed away, but I would be keen to hear from any members of the squadron that served with my Uncle and possibly the pilot/captian of the Halifax, who visited the family after the war, after being freed from a POW camp. Paul Ridley Add to this record. Sgt. Thomas George Goodwin. Royal Air Force, 106 Squadron. (d.7th Sep 1943 ) Tommy was an uncle, my father's much loved brother whom I never met as I was born in 1951. My late father was serving in Egypt and the Middle East when he heard the news, so we know little of his service history. I have traced two Thomas Goodwins, one was with 106 squadron which operated Lancasters and I understand Tommy was a tail gunner in a Lancaster. The other Thomas Goodwin was with 78 squadron who I understand operated Halifax Bombers, hence I think he was in 106 squadron . I understand he was lost over the Black Forest, shot down on his way home John Goodwin Add to this record. Flt Sgt Eric Fedi. Royal Canadian Air Force, . (d.7th Sep 1943) My Uncle Eric Fedi was a Canadian who flew with the RAF out of Elvington. He was a tail gunner with the rank of Flight Sgt. He flew with Pilot Munns on this plane/mission: Halifax 2 DT793 KNE lost 07-Sep-43 on Ops to Munich, Pilot, Munns. My Uncle Eric was 17 years old when he went missing. Crew: W.F. Munns pilot/captain W.C. Smirk flight engineer W.W. Smith navigator C.W. Tomlinson air bomber R.R. Wilson air gunner E. Fedi air gunner D.V. Webb air gunner DT 793 lost Sept. 7 1943 Originally from my home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Eric forged my Grandmothers signature so that he could enlist at the age of 16. My other Uncle Ken, Eric's brother, ordered Eric to "Get the hell home", after bumping in to him in the centre of London. Eric's name is on the Runnymede memorial. I value very much what my Uncle and the thousands of others sacrificed, so that I could live in the UK 60 years on. Gary Lavallee Add to this record. W. F. Munns . , . (d.7th Sep 1943 ) Served as a pilot with Bomber Command and was based at Elvington Add to this record. W. C. Smirk . , . (d.7th Sep 1943) W. Smirk was a flight engineer killed on 7th of Sep 1943 flying from RAF Elvington. Add to this record. W. W. Smith . , . (d.7th Sep 1943) W Smith was a navigator killed on 7th Sep 1943 flying from RAF Elvington. Add to this record. C. W. Tomlinson. . , . (d.7th Sep 1943) C. Tomlinson was a bomber aimer killed on 7 Sep 1943 flying from RAF Elvington. Add to this record. R. R. Wilson . , . (d.7th Sep 1943) R Wilson served as a air gunner, he was killed on 7 Sep 1943, flying from Elvington. Add to this record. Fus. Sylvester Bretel. British Army, 13th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers. (d.7th September 1943) Sylvester Bretel is buried in the churchyard of St Anne-in-the-Grove at Southowram, Halifax. Patrick Dennis Add to this record.

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