Memorial Panels - Church of St. John the Baptist, Scampton

The memorial panels can be found inside of the church of St. John the Baptist.

08 November 1941

In remembrance of

WO C. A. Saunders DFM - Pilot (Killed in Action)
Sgt. J. M. D'Arcy - Navigator (Killed in Action)
Sgt. J. E. Kehoe - Crewman (Killed in Action)
Sgt. S. G. Mullenger - Crewman (Killed in Action)

Their Hampden aircraft was shot down near
Hoorn in Holland whilst on operation against
Essen on the night of 8/9th November 1941.

The graves of the aircrew can be found in the General Cemetery in Bergen, Netherlands.
	© Peter Hakze	© Peter Hakze
Name: Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Christopher Arthur Saunders Warrant Officer 562617 30 March 1913, Morden, Sussex 08 November 1941 28 49 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands Son of Henry Robert and Gertrude Saunders, husband of Frances Evelyn Saunders, nee Shirley, of Morden, Surrey.	James Marcus D'Arcy Sergeant 1288762 abt. 1915 08 November 1941 26 49 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands Son of M. H. and Maude D'Arcy, of Halkyn, Flintshire.

Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	John Edward Kehoe Sergeant 551389 abt. 1921 08 November 1941 26 49 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands Son of Edward and Ellen Kehoe, of New Ross, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland.	Stanley Gordon Mullenger Sergeant 1251152 abt. 1920, Edgware, London, Greater London 08 November 1941 21 49 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands

At 10.00hrs, 5 of the squadron's aircraft were detailed for operations against Essen; 3 on bombing sorties and 2 for searchlight-suppression and intruder attacks. The two intruders took off just after 17.14hrs. Bomber Command had dispatched 54 aircraft on the bombing raid assisted by 8 Hampden intruders. Large fires were started in the target area but the cost was high with 3 Wellingtons, 2 Whitleys and 1 Hampden reported missing. One Hampden failed to return from the intruder operations and it came from 49 Squadron.
W/O Christopher Saunders DFM and crew were shot down by a German night fighter flown by Ofw Ney of II/NJG 2. The aircraft, a Hampden P1206 (EA-Z), was hit over the Dutch coast and set on fire; it was seen to circle before crashing at Berkhout, south west of Hoorn in Holland.
In 2007 the Hampden bomber was recovered with the remains of air gunners John Edward Kehoe and Stanley Gordon Mullenger, who were reburied in the Bergen Genearal Cemetery in the western part of Noord-Holland, in the presence of a sister of John Kehoe. The other crew members, pilot Christopher Arthur Saunders and pilot/navigator James Marcus D'Arcy were here buried too in 1941.

13 August 1943

In memory of
Sgt. Pilot Jack Saul Lockwood, R. A. F. V. R., Coastal Command
killed on active service 13 August 1943, aged 23 years
elder son of William and Margaret Lockwood
of Scampton House.

Per ardua ad astra
(Through struggle to the stars)

Jack Saul Lockwood
© Military Historian	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant 658536 abt. 1920. Doncaster, Yorkshire 13 August 1943 23 172 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Scampton (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, UK Son of William Storm and Margaret Ellen Lockwood, nee Saul.

172 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington (MP630) aircraft took off from RAF Chivenor on a night anti-submarine operation, with six airmen on board to crew the aircraft. No u-boats were found in the search operation, so the Wellington returned to base with its full complement of depth charges. On approaching the Chivenor aerodrome for a landing in deteriorating weather conditions, MP630 flew into a hill, crashing and exploding at Luscott Barton, North Devon. All the crew perished in the crash.
The casualties of this aircraft accident were:
RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Harry Francis,
RAFVR Sergeant Sydney Charles Hasler,
RAFVR Sergeant Jack Saul Lockwood,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Russel George Salter,
RAFVR Sergeant William Frederick Oliver Sayle and
RAFVR Sergeant Edgar Robert Howard Widdows.

	Kenneth Harry Francis	Sydney Charles Hasler
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant 1314970 abt. 1922 13 August 1943 21 172 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Heanton Punchardon (St. Augustine) Churchyard, UK Son of Arthur Harry and Lily Beatrice Francis, of Yeovil, Somerset.	Sergeant 1382529 abt. 1911 13 August 1943 32 172 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Heanton Punchardon (St. Augustine) Churchyard, UK Son of John and Alice Hasler.
	Russel George Salter	William Frederick Oliver Sayle
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Flight Sergeant 414601 abt. 1915 13 August 1943 28 Royal Australian Air Force Heanton Punchardon (St. Augustine) Churchyard, UK Son of George and Lucy Salter, husband of Eunice Agnes Salter, of Jondaryon, Queensland, Australia.	Sergeant 1123419 13 August 1943 172 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Heanton Punchardon (St. Augustine) Churchyard, UK
	Edgar Robert Howard Widdows
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant 1121303 abt. 1920 13 August 1943 23 172 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Walshaw (Christ Church) Churchyard, UK Son of Henry Charles and Florence Widdows, of Netheredge, Sheffield.

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