CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

BEGG

First Name/s:

Reginald Kenneth

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Service No/s:

419081

Service:

RAAF

Branch:

Air Bomber

Awards:

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown

25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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25 Jan 1944

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

25 Jun 1944

JB460

UL-V2

FLERS

0150

FTR

uk

P1   Plt Off J.W. Alcorn RAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt J. Mannion
AB   Flt Sgt R.K. Begg RAAF
NAV  Sgt T.E. Hayes
WOp  Sgt T.A. Roby
MUG  Sgt J.B. Cowie
RG   Sgt A.T.T. Morrell

NOTES:

Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. It is thought the aircraft was attacked and destroyed over the English Channel, about 10km south of Le Touquet. The claim was made by Oblt Ernst-Georg Drunkler of 1/NJG5 at a height of 2,800 metres (about 10,000 feet) and at a time of 0345. Neither the crew nor aircraft were were ever found. The crew are all remembered at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial,

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