Telegraphist Air Gunner Casualties

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 Faulkner, Ronald Herbert Fryer, Gerald George Gaston, Harry Gillison, Alan Hook, Ronald Charles Mew, Derek Albert Thomas Rowntree, Brian Lambert Scott, Michael Joseph Stanier, Raymond Edgar Taylor, Henry Watson, John Bryan

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

Service No. FX606923 FX605894 FX523614 FX112967 JX 366668 FX95624 FX96031 FX96222 FX671256 FX112438 FX87018 FX87016 FX605203 FX614771 JX 394477

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 No 1 Naval Air Gunner Schoo 830 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Furious 747 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Owl 836 Squadron, MV Adula 786 Squadron, HMS Jackdaw 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 856 Squadron, HMS Landrail

Date of Death October 20, 1944 October 20, 1944 March 1, 1946 May 2, 1944 March 13, 1943 August 2, 1944 April 18, 1944 June 26, 1944 November 15, 1945 August 29, 1944 May 1, 1944 March 24, 1944 October 20, 1944 October 20, 1944 July 19, 1944

Memorial/Cemetery Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth Nova Scotia Plymouth Naval Memorial Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, 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 Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, England

Age 18 18 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 21 20

Country England England England England England England England England England England England England England Scotland England

Derek Albert Thomas Mew

Brian Lambert Rowntree

Michael Joseph Scott