Telegraphist Air Gunner Casualties

Remembering the Telegraphist Air Gunners

Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION

Telegraphist Air Gunners - Casualties Telegraphist Air Gunners (TAGS) operated in Fleet Air Arm aircraft from 1922, under the Royal Air Force's Fleet Air Arm. The very last Telegraphist Air Gunner served as such until 1950, providing communications by Morse code and manning the rear gun of the aircraft. 3,000 TAGS were trained in the branches over a 28 year life span. 495 Telegraphist Air Gunners were lost through enemy action and/or flying accidents. 69 Telegraphist Air Gunners became Prisoners of War. Most Telegraphist Air Gunners served only for the period of World War II returning to their civilian occupations in 1945 - 1946. Telegraphist Air Gunners - Casualties of TAGs trained at East Camp, RCAF Station Yarmouth, WWII

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Telegraphist Air Gunner Casualties (excluding non fighting accidents) Pre War 17 Accidents Wartime 269 accidents 186 enemy action Total = 445 Post War 31 accidents 2 enemy action Total = 33

Name Bennett, John Arnold Brookes, Albert David Desborough, Ernest Jack Dwyer, Terrence Leonard George Fryer, Gerald George Gaston, Harry Mew, Derek Albert Thomas Rowntree, Brian Lambert Scott, Michael Joseph Stanier, Raymond Edgar Taylor, Henry

Rank Leading Airman Leading Airman Petty Officer Airman Leading Airman Petty Officer Airman Leading Airman Leading Airman Leading Airman Leading Airman Leading Airman Leading Airman

Service No. FX606923 FX605894 FX523614 FX112967 FX95624 FX96031 FX112438 FX87018 FX87016 FX605203 FX614771

Service at Death No 1 Naval Air Gunner School No 1 Naval Air Gunner School 721 Squadron, HMS Nabcatcher No 1 Naval Air Gunner School 830 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Furious 747 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Owl 769 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Peewit 833 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Activity 826 Squadron, HMS Jackdaw No 1 Naval Air Gunner School No 1 Naval Air Gunner School

Date of Death October 20, 1944 October 20, 1944 March 1, 1946 May 2, 1944 August 2, 1944 April 18, 1944 August 29, 1944 May 1, 1944 March 24, 1944 October 20, 1944 October 20, 1944

Memorial/Cemetery Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Saint Canice's Churchyard, Eglinton, Northern Ireland Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire, UK Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia