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224295 P/O. David Alexander Rankin Royal Air Force 115 Squadron from:Wellington City, New Zealand (d.12th Apr 1940) On 12th April 1940 115 Squadron were operating out of RAF Marham, Norfolk. David Rankin took part in a raid on Stavanger, Norway. The aircraft was the lead aircraft of 2nd section. It was shot down over Stavanger and crashed on top of a bakery. The full crew of the aircraft, a Vickers Wellington Mk1C, P9284, KO-J, were killed, they are all buried in the Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard: Pilot Officer 36223 Frederick Edward Barber, 26 years Pilot Officer 36180 David Alexander Rankin, (New Zealand) 25 years Sgt 580805 Alan Sydney Pearce, 20 years Sgt 514904 Geoffrey William James Juby, 28 years Leading Aircraftman 545537 Lionel Allen Westcott, 21 years Pilot Officer 76004(RAFVR) Peter Edward Tucker Bull, 26 years. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.