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21st February 1944 On this day:  9 Squadron Lancaster lost  Visit Padre   Reverend G B Fairhurst, Padre of the 2/5th Queen's Regiment, talking to two of the men in his battalion and an American soldier in the Anzio bridgehead, 20-21 February 1944. © IWM (NA 12082)  Padre  Attack role  Exercise  Crashed at RAF Bourn    Patrol  Two Halifax lost  Crashed on return flight  Air dominance secured  Conference  Hit by flak  Enemy Patrol  Officers Quitted during week  Air Raid  Attack on Sagaing port  Preparations  Pilot crashed on German airfield  Attack on Albania  Two sorties  Patrol If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Batchelor Christopher Richard. Sgt. (d.21st Feb 1944) Harris Frank Albert Charles. Sgt. (d.21st Feb 1944) Hulley George. Sgt. (d.21st February 1944) Linder C. (d.21st February 1944) Marshall Harold William. F/Sgt. (d.21st Feb 1944) Reilly John J.. L/Cpl. (d.21st February 1944) Rowe Edward. Sgt. (d.21st February 1944) Wood William Kenneth. Flt.Sgt. (d.21st February 1944) 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 21st of February 1944? There are:22 items tagged 21st of February 1944 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 21st February 1944 Sgt. Christopher Richard Batchelor. Royal Air Force, flt eng. 115 Sqd.. (d.21st Feb 1944) I am looking for info on my uncle Flt Sgt Christopher Batchelor all I know about him is he died in Feb 1944, his death is recorded in March quarter 1944 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. I believe he was stationed at Witchford, Isle of Ely with the 115 squadron. I would be grateful if anyone can tell me how where and why he died. G.O'Dell Add to this record. Sgt. Frank Albert Charles Harris. Royal Air Force, 427 Sqn.. (d.21st Feb 1944) Frank Harris was my Uncle. I have recently been delving into my family history and although I had heard of him from family members I was not told where he died. With many thanks to a gentleman named John Belcher of Chippenham, Wilts I have learnt that he was killed on a mission to Stuttgart. The Halifax ZL-Y LV836 took off from Leeming at 0015 with three Canadians and four British crew but crashed approx. nine minutes later in a field one mile north west of Northallerton. The names of the crew were: F/O R K Laut RCAF Sgt.E J Rove F/O W N Hegy RCAF P/O R W Moody RCAF Sgt.G H Jones Sgt. A F Fitton Sheila Cooper Add to this record. C Linder. , . (d.21st February 1944) Held as a Prisoner in Fukuoka 3b. Add to this record. Sgt. George Hulley. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.. (d.21st February 1944) George Hulley is buried in Ashton-u-Lyme Cemetery, Sec P. Grave 113. Add to this record. F/Sgt. Harold William Marshall. Royal Air Force, 640 Squadron. (d.21st Feb 1944) Harold Marshall initially served with 158 Squadron then transferred to 640 Squadron. F W Mander Add to this record. Flt.Sgt. William Kenneth Wood. Royal Australian Air Force, 115 Squadron. (d.21st February 1944) William Wood and his Lancaster crew had been on a bombing mission to Stuttgart. On return, for causes unknown, the aircraft crashed near Shillington, killing all the crew. William is buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery. Add to this record. Sgt. Edward Rowe. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve , 427 Squadron. (d.21st February 1944) Ted Rowe was a member of the crew of Lancaster lv836 which crashed on the 21st of February 1944. The pilot was a Flying Officer Laut, Royal Canadian Air Force. I am looking up more about the crew and the aircraft. If any one has any information please let me know. My gran would like to know what happened to her cousin. Richard Thomas Botting Add to this record.

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