ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1726
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| Date: | Friday 21 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 515 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AA658 |
| MSN: | 908 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Boulton Paul Defiant AA358, 515 Squadron, RAF Hunsdon, Herfordshire. Written off (destroyed) 21 May 1943 when went missing on combat operations (radar jamming ops) over the English Channel. Both crew posted as "missing presumed killed"
Crew of Defiant AA658:
Flight Sergeant Thomas James Macaulay RAFVR (Service Number: 1059937) - missing presumed killed 21 May 1943
Sergeant Geoffrey Herbert Wager (RAF Service Number: 1607021, aged 19) - missing presumed killed 21 May 1943
As the bodies of both crew members were never found or recovered, both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1987)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1981/18; 515 Squadron ORB for May 1943 - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8413894
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1079119/thomas-james-macaulay/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1809395/geoffrey-herbert-wager/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA658
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15265429/geoffrey-herbert-wager
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2008 13:46 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 08:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2013 08:50 | Ianmac | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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