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George Howey Coulton | |||
Rank: | Sergeant | Number: | 619184 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 059 Sqn RAF | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Coastal Command | ||
Died: | 08/08/1940 | Age: | 20 |
Country of burial: | Lost Overseas | ||
Cemetery or Memorial: | Runnymede Memorial | ||
Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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59 Sqn was then stationed at Thorney Island. Flying Blenheims out of RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire from May 1939. The Squadron was moved to France in October and undertook reconnaissance missions before being forced out of their airfields by the advancing Germans. Withdrawn to southern England it continued to operate over France from British bases. In July 1940 the Squadron started bombing raids on the Channel ports and anti-submarine patrols and continued night attacks during the winter. Piloted by P/Off. H.L.N. Davis they took off form RAF Thorney Island at 15.30 hrs in a Blenheim Mk IV - No. N3590 TR-F for an reconnaisance operation to Cherbourg. |
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