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A Family member who flew on Lancaster Bombers ,lost his life during a bombing mission on the V2 pens at Wizernes.
24th June 1944
This third bombing raid on Wizernes took it's toll many of the Lancasters and Mosquito's were hit by flak, but still managed to release a qty of bombs, hitting both the launching tunnel and the rail line. However one aircraft DV403 letter KC- G Type Lancaster 1 was lost.
DV403 took off from Woodhall spa at 4.30pm armed with a Tallboy, it was hit by flak and crashed at Leulinghem
JOHN ANDREW EDWARD DFC Flight Lieutenant 51120 617 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on Saturday, 24th June 1944. Age 29. Additional Information: Son of Harold Westbrook Edward, and Harriet Emily Edward, of Willand, Devon. Cemetery: LEULINGHEM CHURCHYARD, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Grave 1. See below for Cemetery details
***SAMUEL ISHERWOOD Flight Sergeant 634050 Air Gnr. 617 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on Saturday, 24th June 1944. Age 22. Additional Information: Son of Lucy Williams; husband of Mary Alice Isherwood, of New Springs, Lancashire. Cemetery: LEULINGHEM CHURCHYARD, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Grave 2. See below for Cemetery details
LESLIE WILLIAM JOHN KING DFC Flying Officer 149660 Flt Engr. 617 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on Saturday, 24th June 1944. Age 30. Additional Information: Son of William and Emily Maria King, of Enstone, Oxfordshire. Cemetery: LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Plot 3. Row C. Grave 4. See below for Cemetery details
THOMAS WILLARD PERCY PRICE Pilot Officer J/87215 Air Gnr. 617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force who died on Saturday, 24th June 1944. Commemorative Information Cemetery: LEULINGHEM CHURCHYARD, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Grave 3. See below for Cemetery details
JAMES IAN JOHNSTONE DFC Flying Officer. 617 sqdn, Royal Canadian air force who died in St Omer hospital. Cemetery: LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/ Not available
**Samuel flew as navigator with the Gold Coast squadron prior to joing the Dambusters.
On D-day..his bomber formation dropped **Window..[Tin foil chards] to confuse German radar.
Received half an inch of rain yesterday. Had to unplug the computer several times due to lightning. Storms have moved out. It's chilly this morning.
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Very cool thread this morning, Snippy! I hope today finds you well!
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Been busy here. Fixed a leaking toilet, replaced some broken couch legs, and oh yeah taking care of Msdrby and Kidlette.
In 1950, von Braun and his team were transferred to Huntsville, Alabama, his home for the next twenty years. Between 1950 and 1956, von Braun led the Army's development team at Redstone Arsenal, resulting in the Arsenal's namesake: the Redstone rocket.
Triumphantly displaying a model of the Explorer 1 are (l-r): Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Director Dr. James Pickering, Dr. James van Allen of the State University of Iowa, and Dr. von Braun. JPL packed and tested the payload, a radiation detection experiment designed by Dr. van Allen.
Not shown: the van Allen belt, as the scientist wore suspenders the day this photo was taken.
Von Braun with the original Mercury Astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory during a 1959 visit. Left to right are Alan Shepard, Donald Deke Slayton, Virgil Gus Grissom, von Braun, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra. John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter. Project Mercury officially began October 7, 1958 as the United States' first manned space program.
Visible beyond Glenn's bowtie is Professional Engineer slaving over a drafting table.
We did some work for an older couple downtown in the late eighties; Bill Neuhaus had a photo of a group including von Braun. He had been in Huntsville with the group, but of course, he hadn't been in Vietnam.
Here is the backyard of US Army EOD showing the site of the proposed swimming pool and the excavation equipment for adult and children's.
The largest and most secret project undertaken by the Third Reich consisted of 7 huge underground complexes and numerous above-ground structures code-named 'RIESE' (Giant). It includes thousands of kilometers of narrow-gauged railway lines built on the slopes of mountains for transport of tons of materials. After all the years since WWII, the question about the actual purpose of 'RIESE' still remains unanswered. Whether it was to be used as Hitler's largest military headquarters or as an underground secret weapons factory; we know that about 120 Scientists, Engineers, Physicists and Chemists were brought to this area deep in the Owl Mountains. Exactly what were the Nazis planning with Project 'RIESE'?
Ted Rall, Ted Rall, put your ear to the 75mm courtesy phone, Ted Rall, thank you.
Coming soon: Patton presents Lt. Kerry with a special award.
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