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Accident Fairey Battle Mk I P2204, 12 May 1940

Fairey Battle Mk.1 P2204 (PH-K) 12 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost on combat operations. All three crew were killed, but two of them were posthumously awarded the Victori...
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Date:12-MAY-1940
Type:Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:12 Squadron Royal Air Force (12 Sqn RAF)
Registration:P2204
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Lanaken, Limburg -
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Netherlands
Departure airport:Amifontaine, France


Crew of Battle P2204:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Donald E. Garland, RAF 40105, age 21, killed in action 12/05/1940, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
Sergeant (Observer) Thomas Gray, RAF 563627, age 26, killed inaction 12/05/1940, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Lawrence R. Reynolds, RAF 550860, age 20, killed in action 12/05/1940

All three crew fatalities were buried at Heverlee War Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. P/O Garland and Sgt Gray's were the first air Victoria Crosses of the war.
 

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