Boston AL736 III - Bombing Dieppe France - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
Squadron: 226 (MB) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-19
Completion Date: 1942-08-19
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Operation Jubilee
Target City: Dieppe France
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Thruxton
Take Off Time: 10:58:00
Squadron Code: MP-Q
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: English Channel
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

226 Squadron RAF (Non sibi sed patriae) RAF Thruxton. Boston Mk III aircraft AL736 MQ-P was engaged in an operation to lay smoke screens over the beachhead in support of the Canadian (Operation Jubilee) landings at Dieppe, France. The bomber was shot down by flak as it emerged from a protective smoke screen and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast

Pilot Officer Robert James Corrigan (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant William Osselton (RAFVR) were missing, presumed killed in action> The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Flying Officer Stanley Moth (RAFVR) was injured in the crash and taken POW, but the camp was not listed

The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 34,114,232

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