Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 - The Men

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M Parke RN/RAF
Squadron: 830
Ship/Air Station: Hal Far, Malta
Captured: 11/12.11.1941
Escaped:
Released: 1945
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Osborn, GMT Lt, Hunt, JG Lt Cdr, and the TAG, Parke, M Sgt RAF, 830 swordfish sqdn. Failed to return to Hal Far after an attack on two motor vesels west of Pantelaria, 11/12.11.1941	Italian POW	1945

WW Parsons RN
Squadron: 827
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 30.7.1941
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	Greenslade, PJ Sub Lt, Parsons, WW Sub Lt, Pickup, H L/A TAG 827 albacore sqdn all POW 30.7.41.Shot down in Kirkenes raid, during torpedo attack on ships anchored in Boksfjord.	German POW	1945

RT Partridge RM
Squadron: 800
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 13.6.1940
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	Partridge, RT Capt RM and Bostock, RS Lt 800 skua sqdn, 13.6.1940, dive bombed German battleship Scharnhorst at Trondheim, then shot down by Bf109s of II/JG77, Fosen, Trondheim. Bostock killed and Partridge taken POW.	German POW

FD Paul RNVR
Squadron: 64 RAF
Ship/Air Station: RAF Kenley
Captured: 26.7.1940
Escaped:
Released:
Died/Killed: died as POW 30.7.1940
Buried Hardinghen churchyard, France.

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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Paul, FD Sub Lt RNVR loaned from FAA to 64 RAF sqdn Hawkinge. Missing 26.7.40 after shot down over the Channel in Spitfire L1035.	Picked up severely wounded by a German E-boat and taken POW. Taken to occupied France. Died as POW 30.7.40

EJ Pearce RN
Squadron: 821
Ship/Air Station: HMS Furious
Captured: 8.11.1942
Escaped:
Released: 18.11.1942
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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Bale, WA Sub Lt, Pearce, EJ Sub Lt and Mills, JE L/A TAG 821 sqdn Albacore, POWS 8.11.42. Raid on La Senia airfield, Oran. FTR HMS Furious. Attacked and shot down by Dewoitine Dw.520.	Captured by Vichy French, Oran	Released after 10 days.

KB Pearson RN
Squadron: 882
Ship/Air Station: HMS Searcher
Captured: 8.5.1944
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	Pearson, KB Sub Lt POW 882 sqdn wildcat/martlet FTR on 8.5.1944 to HMS Searcher. Aircraft was hit by flak in attack on a convoy off Norway.	German POW

C Pendleton TAG
Squadron: 820
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 2.8.1940
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	Pendleton, C TAG 820 sqdn taken POW at Cagliari, 2.8.40	Italian POW

RH Pettitt RN
Squadron: 828
Ship/Air Station: HAl Far, Malta
Captured: 1.1.1942
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	Pettitt, RH Sub Lt and Capes, AWJ Sub Lt 828 albacore sqdn, 1.1.1942, FTR to Hal Far, Malta after night operations, both taken Italian POWs	Italian POW

PR Phillips RN
Squadron: 899
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Captured: interned ? 28.2.1944
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	Phillips, PR Sub Lt 899 seafire sqdn, 28.2.1944?. Aileron controls jammed during manoeuvres, abandoned, crashed Killoughey, Ards Peninsula. Baled out, arrested by farm-worker with shotgun. Interned?	Interned?

FW Pickles RN
Squadron: 830
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Captured: 8.2.1941
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	Thornton, CC Sub Lt and Pickles, FW TAG 830 sqdn POW 8.2.1941. Took part in bombing Tripoli Harbour, but crashed near Garzi. Both interned in Tunisia by the French.	French POW	Released 1943

H Pickup RN
Squadron: 827
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 30.7.1941
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	Greenslade, PJ Sub Lt, Parsons, WW Sub Lt, Pickup, H L/A TAG 827 albacore sqdn all POW 30.7.41.Shot down in Kirkenes raid, during torpedo attack on ships anchored in Boksfjord.	German POW	1945

JN Pitt RN
Squadron: 821
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Captured: 5.8.1942
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Hardaker, W Sub Lt, Pitt, JN Sub Lt, and Brearley, T L/A 821 sqdn, FTR on 5.8.1942. in their Albacore, after a bombing raid on enemy desert landing ground. They force landed at Fuka and were captured by Italian forces

Italian POW

The aircraft was repaired and flown by 9th Gruppo/4th Stormo, abandoned at Tripoli unusable on 23.9.1942.

DE Polmeer RN
Squadron: 828
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 30.7.1941
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	Howard, CV Sub Lt, Turner, GL Sub Lt, Polmeer, DE L/A TAG 828 albacore sqdn. FTR 30.7.41 after the raid on Kirkenes, being shot down over Kirkenes. All taken POW.	German POW	1945

DA Poynter RN
Squadron: 825
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 22.9.1940
Escaped: 1944, the Great Escape Stalag Luft III
Released: 1945
Died/Killed:

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	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Deterding, H Sub Lt, Poynter, DA Sub Lt and Brown, HW TAG 825 Swordfish sqdn. On 22.9.1940, FTR from an attack on Trondheim, Norway	German POW. Poynter took part in the Stalag Luft III Great Escape in 1944. Recaptured and returned to Luft III, Sagan. Survived subsequent Gestapo murders (See Reference)

AR Purchase RN
Squadron: 816
Ship/Air Station:
Captured: 22.9.1940
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POW Details:

	Capture details	POW details	Release
	Hanrahan, J Maj, Atkins, AO and Purchase, AR TAG 816 sqdn 22.9.40 All POW FTR Trondheim operations, force landed in fog, North of Vaernes Airfield.	German POW	1945

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