HIS BROTHER LEONARD FRANCIS ALSO DIED ON SERVICE
Roe, Lawrence Joseph ()
Killed in Action 1942-January-06
Birth Date: 1914
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Service
RAFVR
Unit
57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit
Base
Feltwell
Rank
Position
Wireless Operator
Service Numbers
1326327
Target
Brest
Crew or Other Personnel
Wellington Z1096
Mission
Wellington IC Z1096
Bombing Brest France 1942-January-06 to 1942-January-06
57 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Feltwell
31 Wellingtons of I Group attacked the German warships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. I aircraft lost. No special bombing results were claimed but a bomb which fell alongside the Gneisenau holed the hull and flooded 2 compartments.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
57 Squadron (Corpus Non Animum Muto). Wellington aircraft Z 1096 took off 0520 6 Jan 1942 from Feltwell and crashed 0530 into Home Field at Holmebrink Farm at nearby Methwold. a fire broke out on impact and the Wellington was destroyed.
Flight Sergeant D R Richardson (RCAF), Sergeant R L Simmons,(RAF) Sergeant E Ewings,(RAF) Sergeant L J Roe,(RAF Sergeant V H Mountstephens:(RAF killed; Pilot Officer S H Carter (RAF): injured.
Wellington Z1096 IC - Bombing Brest France - 1942-01-06 to 1942-01-06
Squadron: 57 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-01-06
Completion Date: 1942-01-06
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Brest France
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Base: RAF Feltwell
Take Off Time: 5 :20
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31 Wellingtons of I Group attacked the German warships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. I aircraft lost. No special bombing results were claimed but a bomb which fell alongside the Gneisenau holed the hull and flooded 2 compartments.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
57 Squadron (Corpus Non Animum Muto). Wellington aircraft Z 1096 took off 0520 6 Jan 1942 from Feltwell and crashed 0530 into Home Field at Holmebrink Farm at nearby Methwold. a fire broke out on impact and the Wellington was destroyed.
Flight Sergeant D R Richardson (RCAF), Sergeant R L Simmons,(RAF) Sergeant E Ewings,(RAF) Sergeant L J Roe,(RAF Sergeant V H Mountstephens:(RAF killed; Pilot Officer S H Carter (RAF): injured.
