ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 131582
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 1940 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4804 |
| MSN: | KJ-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Creil and Clermont, Oise -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bertangles, Somme, France |
Took off from Bertangles, France. Failed to return from tactical reconnaisance over St. Quentin and crashed near Creil. Possibly that claimed by Oberfw Schmid of 1./JG2 over Beauvais. Both crew killed
Crew of Lysander L4803:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Thomas West Walker, RAF (RAFO) 71008, age 32, killed in action 18/05/1940
Corporal (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Eric Tornane. Baillie, RAF 507775, age 31, killed in action 18/05/1940
Both crew fatalities were buried at Creil Communal Cemetery, Oise, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4368
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/16_squadron.html
4. Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2234477/walker,-thomas-west/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2234430/baillie,-eric-torance/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2011 10:13 | ThW | Added |
| 20-Jun-2011 10:15 | ThW | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Jun-2013 10:37 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2019 18:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2020 18:42 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
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