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can enter all or fields or none to search. Eantering part of
a field will mach that single value. For instance, entering
ED in Surname and 5 in Squadron would return entries for EDMUNDS,
John 57 Squadron, Edwards, Ernest James 57 Squadron.
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in the box. To see all entries for 'RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL' simply
enter 'RUNNYMEDE' in the box or 'RUNNY' or any starting section.
Not
all records used to build this database refer to a man's squadron;
when a man is latterly discovered to be 217 Squadron and deceased
then these records are being added as soon as they are identified.
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Available
bases are St Eval, Cornwall; Thorney Island, Hampshire; Leuchars,
Fife; Luqa, Malta; Oban, Argyll; Vavuniya, Ceylon; Minneriya,
Ceylon; Gannavaram, India;
There
are 157 entries as of
26 January, 2025
Overall
Coastal Command's casualties amounted to 2,060 aircraft to
all causes and some 5,866 personnel killed in action. During
1940–1945 Coastal Command sank 366 German transport
vessels and damaged 134. The total tonnage sunk was 512,330
tons and another 513,454 tons damaged. 217 Squadron was part
of Coastal Command although some served with other commands.
See
also 217
Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
1942
Some
sources used in building this database: Commonwealth
War Graves Commission, National
Archives of Canada, Australian
War Memorial, Roll
of Honour pages, Auckland
Museum Cenotaph, 1939
Register from findmypast.co.uk, Baptism
Records from findmypast.co.uk, 1911
Census from findmypast.co.uk, Burial
Records from findmypast.co.uk, Airmen
Died In The Second World War, 1939-1946 Records from findmypast.co.uk,
The British Newspaper Archive.
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