Boston AL692 III - Bombing - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
Squadron: 88 (MB) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Operation Jubilee
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Attlebridge
Take Off Time: 06:55:00
Squadron Code: RH-S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: English Channel
Crash Specifics: off the coast of France
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim: unspecified
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

88 Hong Kong Squadron (En Garde), RAF Attlebridge. Boston Mk III aircraft AL-692 RH- missing from an attack on targets in St Malo, France in support of the landings at Dieppe (Operation Jubilee), cause of loss unknown

Warrant Officer Class 2 Carl Adrian Beach (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant Dennis Findley James Hinde (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant Peter Stanley Woolston (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave but are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Sergeant J L Senour (RCAF) survived the crash and was rescued by an RAF High Speed Launch

The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 70-72,231

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