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15th September 1941On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Marsh Gordon Alfred. L/Bmbdr. (d.15th September 1941)
- Marsh Gordon Alfred. L/Bmbdr. (d.15th September 1941)
- Morley Leonard. Rflmn. (d.15th Sep 1941)
- Ward James Allen. Sgt. (d.15th Sep 1941)
- Ward James Allen. Sgt. (d.15th Sep 1941)
- Ward James Allen. Sgt. (d.15th Sep 1941)
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Sgt. James Allen Ward. VC. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 Sqdn. (d.15th Sep 1941) James Allen Ward served in the 75th Squadron Royal Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force during WW2 and was killed in action on the 15th September 1941. He is buried in Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany.
He was the son of Percy Harold Ward and of Ada May Ward (nee Stokes), of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
The citation in the London Gazette for 5th August, 1941, gives the following details:
On the night of July 7th, 1941, Sgt. Ward was second pilot of a Wellington which, while returning from a raid on Munster, was damaged by cannon shell and incendiary bullets from an attacking Messerschmitt 110. Fire broke out near the starboard engine which, fed by petrol from a split pipe, threatened to spread to the entire wing. Strenuous efforts by the crew failed to extinguish the fire, and they were warned to be ready to abandon the aircraft. Sgt. Ward then volunteered to try and smother the fire with an engine cover which chanced to be in use as a cushion. He got through the narrow astro-hatch and, by breaking the fabric to make hand and foot holds, succeeded in climbing on to, and then along, the wing, to a position behind the engine. Lying precariously there he smothered the fire in the wing fabric, and tried to push the engine cover on to the leaking pipe. It was blown back by the terrific wind, and on the second attempt was lost. Nevertheless, the fabric surrounding the pipe was destroyed, so that the fire could not spread and finally burnt itself out. Sgt. Ward, with assistance from the navigator, was able to struggle back into the aircraft, which eventually reached home and landed safely. The flight back was made possible by Sgt. Wards most conspicuous bravery in extinguishing the fire at the risk of his life.
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Sgt. James Allen Ward. VC. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75(NZ) Sqdn.. (d.15th Sep 1941) James Ward died on the 15th of Sep 1941,aged 22 and is buried in the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf in Germany.
He was the son of Percy Harold Ward and of Ada May Ward (nee Stokes), of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
The citation in the London Gazette for 5th August, 1941, gives the following details: "On the night of July 7th, 1941, Sgt. Ward was second pilot of a Wellington which, while returning from a raid on Munster, was damaged by cannon shell and incendiary bullets from an attacking Messerschmitt 110. Fire broke out near the starboard engine which, fed by petrol from a split pipe, threatened to spread to the entire wing. Strenuous efforts by the crew failed to extinguish the fire, and they were warned to be ready to abandon the aircraft. Sgt. Ward then volunteered to try and smother the fire with an engine cover which chanced to be in use as a cushion. He got through the narrow astro-hatch and, by breaking the fabric to make hand and foot holds, succeeded in climbing on to, and then along, the wing, to a position behind the engine. Lying precariously there he smothered the fire in the wing fabric, and tried to push the engine cover on to the leaking pipe. It was blown back by the terrific wind, and on the second attempt was lost. Nevertheless, the fabric surrounding the pipe was destroyed, so that the fire could not spread and finally burnt itself out. Sgt. Ward, with assistance from the navigator, was able to struggle back into the aircraft, which eventually reached home and landed safely. The flight back was made possible by Sgt. Ward's most conspicuous bravery in extinguishing the fire at the risk of his life." s flynn
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Rflmn. Leonard Morley. British Army, 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. (d.15th Sep 1941) My great-uncle Len Morley was killed serving with 1st KRRC in the Western Desert. He was 21 years old. He is buried at Sollum in Egypt, near the Libyan border. His younger brother John was wounded on 7th June 1944 in France but survived the war, despite regular returns to hospital, until he died in 1991.John Champney
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L/Bmbdr. Gordon Alfred Marsh. British Army, 6/3rd Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery . (d.15th September 1941) Gordon Marsh died onboard a straggler vessel SS Newbury on convoy ON14. Reports state that a number of the 44 on the vessel were observed climbing into lifeboats but during a storm. No other vessel stopped and no traces were found, presumed those that survived the single torpedo drowned at some point in the mid Atlantic. I am keen to contact family of any other crew member.David Andrews
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L/Bmbdr. Gordon Alfred Marsh. Royal Artillery, 6/3rd Maritime Regiment. (d.15th September 1941) Gordon Marsh was lost on Convoy duty on SS Newbury.
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