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27th May 1942 On this day:  Attack  Air Raid  Air Raid  Two 136 Squadron Hurricanes lost  Blenheim shot down in error  Reliefs  On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Bentley Donald. L/Cpl. (d.27th May 1942) Daly Morris James. Flt.Sgt. (d.27th May 1942) Harwood William Edward. Ordinary Seaman (d.27th May 1942) Marshall W. S.. F/Sgt. (d.27th May 1942) Toy Stanley Dudley. Tpr. (d.27th May 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. 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 27th of May 1942? There are:7 items tagged 27th of May 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 27th May 1942 Flt.Sgt. Morris James "Rastus" Daly. Royal Australian Air Force , pilot 86 Squadron. (d.27th May 1942) Flt Sgt M J Daly, pilots course graduation photograph I am looking for further information about a tragic accident at Wick Aerodrome in May 1942. My Uncle, Flt Sgt (Pilot) Morris James Daly, Pilot of Beaufort AW345 BX-A with 86 Sqn, was returning home from a patrol I believe near Norway. In his pilots log, the mission was listed as 'Rover Opps' which I still would like to know the meaning of. On the 27th of May 1942, the weather apparently bad and on approach to Wick Aerodrome, AW345 struck the unlit Tannach Chain Home Radar Station tower south west of the aerodrome. All on board were killed. F/Sgt M J Daly RAAF F/Sgt R Dunn Sgt H J Stone Sgt F G White The Chain Home Radar Station I believe was part of the coastal radar defence system linking up many towers for a full coastal observation and early warning system. I understand they were 225 feet in height. RAF 86 Sqn was based at Wick and Skitten, Caithness from 9th Mar 1942 to 31st July 1942 mainly patroling the Norwegian Coast. Flt Sgt Daly's log reports only 10 days earlier on 17th May 1942 he and his crew flew on 'Strike Opps' Beaufort AW341 from their base in Wick to Skitten, then on to Norway. A strike (I presume torpedo) on the "Eugen" (I presume the 'Prinz Eugen', sister ship to the 'Bismark' breaking out of a Norwegian Fjiord making for the Atlantic). Me 109 attack, Lost 4, Got 6 Me, Badly shot up. A short passage, however, a chilling read. Scan of original Pilots Log as photographs of ) On the news of his younger brothers death, my Father, William Daly enlisted and flew as a F/Lt (Navigator) on Avro Lancasters with Bomber Command. Joseph Daly Add to this record. F/Sgt. W. S. "Jock" Marshall. Royal Air Force, 608 sqd. (d.27th May 1942) My Uncle, Flt/Sgt W. S. "Jock" Marshall was posted to 608 North Riding Squadron R.A.F. Station Thornaby, Yorkshire on the 25th September 1940. Flying Duties, Coastal Command. According to Service Record at Thornaby until 7th December 1940 He was then moved to No.3 School of General Reconnaissance at R.A.F. Squires Gate Lancashire. Jock and his crew were lost over the Channel on 27th May 1942 Any more information would be welcomed. His memory lives on with 608 Sqdn. Mathieson Stuart Rodger Add to this record. L/Cpl. Donald Bentley. British Army, 7th Arm. Div. Sigs. Royal Corps of Signals. (d.27th May 1942) My uncle Donald Bentley died at Gazala on 27th May 1942 but there is a story that he was driving a communications car with important officers. Also said he was mentioned in dispatches. Shaz Add to this record. Tpr. Stanley Dudley Toy. British Army, 3rd Btn. Royal Tank Regiment. (d.27th May 1942) Born in West Derby near Liverpool. Stanley Toy was of the Toy family from Cornwall the son of Stanley Toy and Ann Elizabeth nee Scrivner. Darryl Toy Add to this record.

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