Sergeant Toogood evaded capture and arrived safely in Switzerland 1944-08-06
RAF Evaders, The Comprehensive Story of Thousands of Escapers and Their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940-1945 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 404
Toogood, Reginald Arthur "George" (Sergeant)
Evader 1944-July-25
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Service
RAFVR
Unit
630 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nocturna Mors Death by night
Base
RAF East Kirkby
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
1602076
Target
Stuttgart Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Lancaster PA992
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III PA992
Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1944-July-24 to 1944-July-25
630 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF East Kirkby
630 Squadron RAF (Nocturna Mors) RAF East Kirkby. Lancaster BIII aircraft PA 992 LE-Y missing during night operations over Stuttgart, Germany, possibly shot down by a night fighter. The bomber crashed between Tramont-Bay (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and Tramont-Lassus, France
Rear Air Gunner Pilot Officer RW Lough (RCAF) and Mid-Upper Air Gunner Technical Sergeant JB Kiesow (USAAF) were killed in action
Flying Officer AS Woolf (RAFVR) survived, injured and was taken to a POW hospital in northern France
Flying Officer EK Wood (RCAF), Sergeant TW Tanner (RAFVR), Sergeant RA Toogood (RAFVR and Flying Officer W Adams (USAAF) survived and all avoided capture as Evaders
Lancaster PA992 Mk.I/III - Bombing Stuttgart Germany - 1944-07-24 to 1944-07-25
Squadron: 630 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-24
Completion Date: 1944-07-25
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Stuttgart Germany
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Base: RAF East Kirkby
Take Off Time: 21:39
Squadron Code: LE-Y
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group July 24/25, 1944
40 Lancasters from 408, 419 and 428 Squadrons were ordered on an attack at Stuttgart. The crews were over the target at between 18,000 and 20,000feet, releasing 268,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, this, the first of 3 attacks severely damaged this city.
While the Lancasters went to Stuttgart, 100 Halifaxes from 420, 424,425, 426, 427, 429, 432 and 433 Squadrons were ordered on attacks of 2V-1 sites at L'Hey and Ferfay. The crews were over the targets at between12,000 and 13,000 feet, releasing lbs of high explosives. According to reports, most of the crews were sent home by the master bomber due to poor weather over the targets
.4 Halifaxes from 424 Squadron were also ordered on a mining operation to Brest and Lorient. The crews were over the garden at 12,000 feet, sowing14@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
630 Squadron RAF (Nocturna Mors) RAF East Kirkby. Lancaster BIII aircraft PA 992 LE-Y missing during night operations over Stuttgart, Germany, possibly shot down by a night fighter. The bomber crashed between Tramont-Bay (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and Tramont-Lassus, France
Rear Air Gunner Pilot Officer RW Lough (RCAF) and Mid-Upper Air Gunner Technical Sergeant JB Kiesow (USAAF) were killed in action
Flying Officer AS Woolf (RAFVR) survived, injured and was taken to a POW hospital in northern France
Flying Officer EK Wood (RCAF), Sergeant TW Tanner (RAFVR), Sergeant RA Toogood (RAFVR and Flying Officer W Adams (USAAF) survived and all avoided capture as Evaders
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