Bradley, James Calvert (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-January-15
Birth Date: 1921
Born: Fylde, Lancashire, England
Parents: Son of James and Agnes Bradley, of Penwortham, Preston, England
Spouse:
Home: Penwortham, Preston, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
10 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Rem Acu Tangere To hit the mark
Base
RAF Leeming
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
1058655
Target
Hamburg Germany
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Halifax L9622
Mission
Halifax B.Mk.II L9622
Bombing Hamburg Germany 1942-January-15 to 1942-January-15
10 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Leeming
#10 Squadron RAF (Rem Acu Tangere) RAF Leeming. Halifax aircraft L 9622 ZA-G, jettisoned its bomb load and returned early from an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany, due to engine problems. The Halifax crashed one mile north of Northallerton, Yorkshire, England in poor weather conditions and low visibility with the loss of six crew members
FS DJ Savage (RCAF), Pilot Officer VL Brice (RCAF), Sergeant HK Taylor (RAFAAF), Pilot Officer M Von Dadelszen (RNZAF), Sergeant T Cowan (RAFVR), and Sergeant JC Bradley (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The Pilot, Sergeant MSF Schneider (RCAF) was seriously injured and the only survivor from the crash.
There is a letter from Sergeant Schneider that his aircraft may have been hit by "friendly" anti-aircraft fire on return to airspace over England
15/16.01.1942 No 10 Squadron Halifax II L9622 ZA-G Sgt. Schneider
Unit Desciption
10 (B) Sqn Rem Acu Tangere (Blackburn's Own)
No 10 Squadron RFC was originally formed at Farnborough, Hampshire on January 1, 1915. It served on the Western Front in WWI, transferring to the RAF when the latter was formed in 1918. The squadron returned to England in February 1919 and was disbanded on December 31.
The squadron was re-formed as a heavy bomber unit in January 1928. A heavy-bomber unit, it flew Handley-Page Hyderabads, followed by Hinaidis and then Heyfords through the 1930s. By the time that WWII started, the squadron was equipped with Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley aircraft. Operating from Dishforth, Yorkshire, it took part in a number of leaflet raids over Germany, including being the first RAF aircraft to drop leaflets over Berlin on 1/2 October 1939. Detachments of the Squadron were based in France (Villeneuve) and Scotland (Kinloss), between October 1939 and March 1940, the latter being with Coastal Command. The squadron's first bombing raid was on the night of 19/20 March, 1940, attacking the German mining seaplane base at Hornum, on the island of Sylt. When Italy entered the war in June 1940, the squadron flew from Guernsey in the Channel Islands to attack targets in Italy.
In July 1940 the squadron moved to the nearby base of Leeming, Yorkshire, where it remained until August 1942. From December 1942 the squadron was re-equipped with Halifax aircraft. In the first quarter of 1942, There were detachments to Lossiemouth, Scotland, for operations against the battleship Tirpitz, which at that time was based near Trondheim, Norway. It was on one of these operations, on the night of 27/28 April that the squadron commander. W/C D.C.T. Bennett, was shot down, but he and his crew escaped to Sweden and were interned and subsequently returned to England. W/C (later Air Vice Marshal) Bennet subsequently was appointed to form and lead the Pathfinder Force, which became No. 8 Group of Bomber Command. From June 1942 a detachment of the squadron (16 aircraft and crews) moved to Palestine and then to Egypt, operating against Tobruk. This detachment then combined with No. 6/462 squadron to form No.462 (RAAF) Squadron in September 1942. The main No. 10 Squadron continued to operate with No. 4 Group, Bomber Command from Leeming at this time, but then moved to Melbourne, Yorkshire in August 1942, where it remained until May 1945. It was transferred to Transport Command on May 7, 1945 and disbanded on December 20 1947. It later was re-formed and flew Canberras and Victors.
Halifax L9622 B.Mk.II - Bombing Hamburg Germany - 1942-01-15 to 1942-01-15
Squadron: 10 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-01-15
Completion Date: 1942-01-15
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Hamburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Leeming
Take Off Time: 18:12
Squadron Code: ZA-G
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time: 23:30
Crash City: England
Crash Specifics: one mile north of Northallerton, Yorkshire
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
#10 Squadron RAF (Rem Acu Tangere) RAF Leeming. Halifax aircraft L 9622 ZA-G, jettisoned its bomb load and returned early from an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany, due to engine problems. The Halifax crashed one mile north of Northallerton, Yorkshire, England in poor weather conditions and low visibility with the loss of six crew members
FS DJ Savage (RCAF), Pilot Officer VL Brice (RCAF), Sergeant HK Taylor (RAFAAF), Pilot Officer M Von Dadelszen (RNZAF), Sergeant T Cowan (RAFVR), and Sergeant JC Bradley (RAFVR) were all killed in action
The Pilot, Sergeant MSF Schneider (RCAF) was seriously injured and the only survivor from the crash.
There is a letter from Sergeant Schneider that his aircraft may have been hit by "friendly" anti-aircraft fire on return to airspace over England
15/16.01.1942 No 10 Squadron Halifax II L9622 ZA-G Sgt. Schneider