Operation Doomsday - The Liberation of Norway May 1945
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May 8th 1945 was Victory in Europe Day. The Allied forces carried out OPERATION DOOMSDAY the same day. Mission: to Liberate Norway. Over 360.000 heavily armed Nazi German forces still occupied Norway, as they had done for the last five years since April 9th 1940.
The Allied engaged a massive invasion of Norway, that brought 30.000 Allied soldiers to Norway through sea and air. On May 10 1945 three Short Stirling Aricrafts crashed enroute to Gardermoen Airfield on their mission to Liberate Norway. 48 men died on that very same day.
The men onboard LK147 - 196 Sqdn. Shepherds Grove, Suffolk - May 10th 1945:
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE:
Flying Officer John Leonard BREED 24 RAAF Pilot
Warrant Officer Hugh Joseph KILDAY 31 RAAF
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE:
Flight Sergeant Harold Alfred BELL 32
Flight Sergeant David WELCH 34 Wireless Operator
Flight Sergeant Lionel James Douglas GILYEAD 21
Warrant Officer Raymond Charles IMPETT 32 Navigator
THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT:
Lieutenant Frederick Geoffrey SAVILLE 20
THE BORDER REGIMENT 1ST AIRBORNE BATTALION:
Private Frederick BROWN 25
Private Thomas Dalrymple BROWN 26
Corporal Charles GAVAGHAN 34
Private Thomas LAYCOCK 26
Private George Alan LITTLE 25
Private Robert MCKEOWN 30
Private Horace NEWBY 32
Private Joseph PAGAN 25
Private George Thomas PHIPPS 25
Lance Corporal Thomas Errington RICHARDSON 25
Lance Sergeant Frank Raymond SEABURY 29
Private Joseph SMETHURST 38
Lance Corporal Alexander Barr TODD 25
The men onboard LJ899 - 190 Squadron, Great Dunmow - May 10th 1945:
Pilot Flying Officer Eric Atkinson -- RAF No. 153846
Wireless Operator Flying Officer Harold Ashton -- RAF No. 172733
Bomb Aimer William Stanley Long -- RAF No. 165358
Air Gunner Sergeant William "Jack" Flynn -- RAF No. 1824033
Flight Engineer Sergeant William "Bill" Wright
Navigator Sergeant Kenneth Haddy Rundle
Passengers:
Major Donald R. Hartt (Canloan officer)
3185283 CSM Thomas Morrison
2046171 L/Cpl Robert J. Saunders (originally RE)
14868959 L/Cpl Ronald Victor Lindsell
2047320 Pte Herbert Walter McCawley (originally RE)
14216339 Pte Gordon K. Harradine
1430452 Pte Harold T. Cooper (originally RA)
14406108 Pte Alexander Hogg (Sigs)
14436095 Pte Clarence Steele
14879068 Pte Alfred Wadsworth
7522860 L/Cpl Frank Barraclough (RAMC)
Wounded:
14876530 Pte Eric W. Evans
14819860 Pte Charles F. Whitford -- leg and stomach injuries
Perished:
3185837 L/Sgt John Mulholland
2751055 Cpl James McAra Davidson
3326512 Cpl John Pearl
14806308 Pte Duncan Anthony Connolly
The men onboard LK297 -- 190 Sqdn. 5G-G -- Great Dunmow - May 10th 1945:
S/Ldr. Douglas Raymond Robertson (RCAF) - J/13712 - age 23 -- Kamloops, Br. Columbia, Canada
F/Lt. Norman Leslie Roseblade (RCAF) - J/15029 - Canada
F/Lt. Lemuel Ernest Prowse (RCAF) - J/22241 - age 25 - of Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada
F/Sgt. Arthur Gwynne Davies - 1655744 - age 38
F/Sgt. Ronald Alderson - 621931 - age 26
W/O. George Edward Thompson - 934837 - age 34 - Notting Hill, London
Air Vice-Marshal James Rowland Scarlett-Streatfeild - 26093 - age 36
Norwegian liaison officer Major Peter Kato Juliebø -- age 34
HQ. 1. Airb. Div. Def. Pl. Army Air Corps:
Cpl. Sidney George Rayner - 6022851 - age 28 - Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
Pte. David William Cooper - 5949675 - age 27 - Holloway, London
Pte. Walter Robert Lovett - 5949624 - age 25 - Battersea, London
Pte. Walter William Elliott - 2066440 - age 23 - Smethwick, Staffordshire
Pte. Kenneth John Watts - 14838385 - age 18 -- Bournemouth, Hampshire
Pte. George Walton - 14849675 - age 19 - Rookhope, Durham
Pte. Michael Mullen Wade - 14821131 - age 19 - Whitletts, Ayrshire
Pte. Francis Gerard Trainor - 14848212 - age 19 -- Distington, Cumberland
Pte. John Shannon - 14790116 - age 18 - Paisley, Renfrewshire
Pte. Clarence Sutherland - 14823217 - age 18 - Liverpool
Pte. William Rodger - 14448582 - age 18 - Glasgow
Pte. Edmund Charles Monk - 14448624 - 18 - Colchester, Essex
Pte. Frank George McGlynn - 14448532 - age 18
2nd Airborne Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry:
Pte. Frederick Sainty - 6148388 - age 22 -- Clapham, London
Pte. Edward Waby - 5382102 - age 26 - son of James and Mary
Pte. Herbert William Woodward - 5381488 - age 29 -- Wantage, Berkshire
Видео Operation Doomsday - The Liberation of Norway May 1945 канала A Short Stirling Story
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May 8th 1945 was Victory in Europe Day. The Allied forces carried out OPERATION DOOMSDAY the same day. Mission: to Liberate Norway. Over 360.000 heavily armed Nazi German forces still occupied Norway, as they had done for the last five years since April 9th 1940.
The Allied engaged a massive invasion of Norway, that brought 30.000 Allied soldiers to Norway through sea and air. On May 10 1945 three Short Stirling Aricrafts crashed enroute to Gardermoen Airfield on their mission to Liberate Norway. 48 men died on that very same day.
The men onboard LK147 - 196 Sqdn. Shepherds Grove, Suffolk - May 10th 1945:
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE:
Flying Officer John Leonard BREED 24 RAAF Pilot
Warrant Officer Hugh Joseph KILDAY 31 RAAF
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE:
Flight Sergeant Harold Alfred BELL 32
Flight Sergeant David WELCH 34 Wireless Operator
Flight Sergeant Lionel James Douglas GILYEAD 21
Warrant Officer Raymond Charles IMPETT 32 Navigator
THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT:
Lieutenant Frederick Geoffrey SAVILLE 20
THE BORDER REGIMENT 1ST AIRBORNE BATTALION:
Private Frederick BROWN 25
Private Thomas Dalrymple BROWN 26
Corporal Charles GAVAGHAN 34
Private Thomas LAYCOCK 26
Private George Alan LITTLE 25
Private Robert MCKEOWN 30
Private Horace NEWBY 32
Private Joseph PAGAN 25
Private George Thomas PHIPPS 25
Lance Corporal Thomas Errington RICHARDSON 25
Lance Sergeant Frank Raymond SEABURY 29
Private Joseph SMETHURST 38
Lance Corporal Alexander Barr TODD 25
The men onboard LJ899 - 190 Squadron, Great Dunmow - May 10th 1945:
Pilot Flying Officer Eric Atkinson -- RAF No. 153846
Wireless Operator Flying Officer Harold Ashton -- RAF No. 172733
Bomb Aimer William Stanley Long -- RAF No. 165358
Air Gunner Sergeant William "Jack" Flynn -- RAF No. 1824033
Flight Engineer Sergeant William "Bill" Wright
Navigator Sergeant Kenneth Haddy Rundle
Passengers:
Major Donald R. Hartt (Canloan officer)
3185283 CSM Thomas Morrison
2046171 L/Cpl Robert J. Saunders (originally RE)
14868959 L/Cpl Ronald Victor Lindsell
2047320 Pte Herbert Walter McCawley (originally RE)
14216339 Pte Gordon K. Harradine
1430452 Pte Harold T. Cooper (originally RA)
14406108 Pte Alexander Hogg (Sigs)
14436095 Pte Clarence Steele
14879068 Pte Alfred Wadsworth
7522860 L/Cpl Frank Barraclough (RAMC)
Wounded:
14876530 Pte Eric W. Evans
14819860 Pte Charles F. Whitford -- leg and stomach injuries
Perished:
3185837 L/Sgt John Mulholland
2751055 Cpl James McAra Davidson
3326512 Cpl John Pearl
14806308 Pte Duncan Anthony Connolly
The men onboard LK297 -- 190 Sqdn. 5G-G -- Great Dunmow - May 10th 1945:
S/Ldr. Douglas Raymond Robertson (RCAF) - J/13712 - age 23 -- Kamloops, Br. Columbia, Canada
F/Lt. Norman Leslie Roseblade (RCAF) - J/15029 - Canada
F/Lt. Lemuel Ernest Prowse (RCAF) - J/22241 - age 25 - of Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada
F/Sgt. Arthur Gwynne Davies - 1655744 - age 38
F/Sgt. Ronald Alderson - 621931 - age 26
W/O. George Edward Thompson - 934837 - age 34 - Notting Hill, London
Air Vice-Marshal James Rowland Scarlett-Streatfeild - 26093 - age 36
Norwegian liaison officer Major Peter Kato Juliebø -- age 34
HQ. 1. Airb. Div. Def. Pl. Army Air Corps:
Cpl. Sidney George Rayner - 6022851 - age 28 - Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
Pte. David William Cooper - 5949675 - age 27 - Holloway, London
Pte. Walter Robert Lovett - 5949624 - age 25 - Battersea, London
Pte. Walter William Elliott - 2066440 - age 23 - Smethwick, Staffordshire
Pte. Kenneth John Watts - 14838385 - age 18 -- Bournemouth, Hampshire
Pte. George Walton - 14849675 - age 19 - Rookhope, Durham
Pte. Michael Mullen Wade - 14821131 - age 19 - Whitletts, Ayrshire
Pte. Francis Gerard Trainor - 14848212 - age 19 -- Distington, Cumberland
Pte. John Shannon - 14790116 - age 18 - Paisley, Renfrewshire
Pte. Clarence Sutherland - 14823217 - age 18 - Liverpool
Pte. William Rodger - 14448582 - age 18 - Glasgow
Pte. Edmund Charles Monk - 14448624 - 18 - Colchester, Essex
Pte. Frank George McGlynn - 14448532 - age 18
2nd Airborne Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry:
Pte. Frederick Sainty - 6148388 - age 22 -- Clapham, London
Pte. Edward Waby - 5382102 - age 26 - son of James and Mary
Pte. Herbert William Woodward - 5381488 - age 29 -- Wantage, Berkshire
Видео Operation Doomsday - The Liberation of Norway May 1945 канала A Short Stirling Story
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