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Sergeant Harry LAW (1579345) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1944LAW1579345.jpgCircumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Liberator EV940
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Date of Death 1944-10-06 Age : 31 years.
Served in 355 Sqdn
Burial/Commemoration Details : Coll. grave 4. G. 67-75. at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand (
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More Details: SON OF HARRY AND LOUISA LAW, OF WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM.
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Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry
| Aircraft Name: Liberator VI EV940 | Date of Crash: 06 Oct 44 | Unit Wireless Operator (Air) | Airfield /Crash Location , Thailand |
| Aircrew details | F Sgt Harold Norman Harrison* | ||
| Details | Lowlevel dive bombing attack on locomotives in the Uttaradit rail station, Siam. EV940 pulled up sharply after dropping bombs across the target and was hit by fire from a machine gun nest just beyond the target. Crashed in flames 7 to 8 km north (or northwest) of the target. Of the eleven man crew, nine were killed in the aerial combat or crash, including the skipper, 1575095 F/Sgt Harold Norman "Darky" Harrison. They are buried in Collective Grave 4.G.67-75 at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Three crewmen bailed out, but one died when his parachute failed to open. The two others were captured, imprisoned in Bangkok, and liberated in 1945. They are 3025036 Sgt Raymond Arthur Thompson (Mid-upper gunner) and 1603067 Sgt F.H. Knight (Rear gunner). |
| Source | Matt Poole Henk Welting's Database |
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| Sgt KNIGHT & THOMPSON PoWs by COL BRUGGY on 28 Apr 2010 11:45 | Hi, 3025036 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Raymond Arthur THOMPSON 1603067 F/Sgt (Air Gnr.) N H KNIGHT 6-10-1944 No.355 Sqn Liberator VI EV940 'F' Failed to return from low bombing attack on locomotives on the Bangkok-Lampang railway. Locomotives sighted UTTRADIT station and attacked. Hit by fire from a M.G. nest just beyond the target, crashed, and blew up on impact four miles north of the UTTRADIT Railway Station. 1575095 F/Sgt (Pilot) Harold Norman HARRISON RAFVR + AUS410876 W/O (Co-Pilot) Murray Bernard CROCKETT RAAF + 996520 F.Sgt (Flt. Eng.) Roy PAGE RAFVR + 1320361 F/Sgt (Nav.) Charles NUNN RAFVR + 1579345 Sgt (Air Bomb.) Harry LAW RAFVR + AUS421713 W/O (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Alfred Milne Hunter DAVIDSON RAAF + AUS421757 W/O (W.Op./Air Gnr.) John Knox Stewart RADNIDGE RAAF + 1796212 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Hu ....Read More. |
| Sgt KNIGHT & THOMPSON PoWs by Matt Poole on 29 Apr 2010 13:59 | Hi, Phil and Col, Mid-Upper Gunner: 3025036 Sgt Raymond Arthur THOMPSON, RAF Rear Gunner: 1603067 Flight Sgt Norman H. KNIGHT, RAF Both Thompson and Knight were held as POWs in Bangkok (in Thai hands, not Japanese -- fortunate for the POWs) and released in 1945. Thompson, but not Knight, is listed in the book "Unsung Heroes of the Royal Air Force, the Far East Prisoners of War 1941-1945" by Les and Pam Stubbs. I updated Pam on the Knight omission (one of apparently only a few omissions in their superb labor of love). The A705 Casualty Files on Davidson and Radnidge, two of the three Australians in the crew, have been digitized and are on-line via the National Archives of Australia. (Search on either 421713 or 421757 - the service numbers of Davidson and Radnidge, respectiv ....Read More. |
| Sgt KNIGHT & THOMPSON PoWs by Matt Poole on 30 Apr 2010 05:08 | A tad more from a book: I found a deeply personal passage about the EV940 loss and, in particular, F/Sgt Norman H. Knight in the diary of his friend, 356 Sqn 2nd pilot Tony Donell, also stationed at Salbani, W. Bengal, India. The diary excerpt is found in the book "Signed With Their Honour", which is a privately published (and out of print) history of 355 and 356 Squadrons comprised largely of veterans' recollections. Published by the 355/356 Squadrons Register four or five years ago. The Donell passage: "Saturday 7th. . .Darky Harrison of 355 [EV940] crashed in flames over the target and another of their kites went into Jassore [Jessore, an RAF airfield; not a loss, just a landing short of Salbani]. A very costly day. Does not seem much hope for any of them. I'll let Johnny kn ....Read More. |
| POWs held in Thailand - 1944/45 by Matt Poole on 22 Sep 2019 03:32 | Hi, Geoff, Can you provide any details on names, dates of Liberator losses, Lib serial numbers, or the like? I might have a tiny bit of info, if any of your info pertains to 159 Sqn Liberator BZ992 or 355 Sqn Liberator EV940, both downed over Siam on 6 October 1944. Men from these aircraft were captured, held in Bangkok, and survived. Sorry...haven't had time to delve too deeply into my files. Cheers, Matt ....Read More. |
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