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Pleasance, Nigel Leslie St. George (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-19

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RAF
Unit
138 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
For Freedom
Base
RAF Tempsford
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
135090

Took off from Tempsford at 22:00 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code NF-P Bomber Command) on Operation Shipwright 9, setting course for the DZ in France

Shot down (means not found) near St-Pair-sur-Mer (Manche), France and crashed in the sea.

Killed includes Pleasance: Sergeant John Allison RAF 1593445 KIA Bayeux War Cemetery, France, Plot II. Row M. Grave 16. Flight Lieutenant Herbert Denis Binns RAF 49732 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 201 Sergeant William Logan Dalglish RCAF R/223820 KIA Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France, Plot IX Row F Grave 1 Sergeant Thomas Fergus RAF 1522934 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 229 Sergeant Eric Richard Hearn RAF 1867389 KIA Runnymede Memorial, Panel 231. Sergeant Raymond Leslie Lee RAF 1614168 KIA Bayeux War Cemetery, France, Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 17.

Target
Google MapSOE France

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