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RAKE, Derek Shannon

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rank: G/C
status: survived
airforce: RAF    (no: 124494 )
born: 1922-05-26 Alderholt United Kingdom

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32 squadron 22nd August 1944
41 squadron 24 February 1945 to 5th August 1945

Full name :Derek Shannon Vaughan RAKE

Decorations AFC (1951), OBE (1955), Bar to AFC (1960)
Commissioned Jun 1942; claimed 41 Sqn's last victory of WWII, 3 May 1945.
Retired Mar 1976, retaining Group Captain.
Died Crowthorne, 11 Dec 2020

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Squadrons:

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AirforceSqdrnDate
RAF 32 1944-08-01
RAF 41 1945-02-01

Aircraft:

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JK188 Attempted to bomb bridge N.of Yanina, driven off by intense accurate flak. Bombed bridge 14 miles North, no claims made. 1944-08-23
JK188 4 Spits attacked long goods train near Kaitsa. 2 loco's seriously damaged, 1 damaged MA291 hit by flak, W/O Lamb baled out. 1944-08-25
JK376 Bombed bridge near Yanina with F/O Wall, no hits 1944-08-26
MA698 4 Spit sweep road from Otocac to Brinje. Attacked coach near Joshibal & a cwt-15 truck. 1944-08-29
JK226 4 Spit sweep Sjenica, Ivanica & Pozeğa. Shot up staff car & lorries. F/Sgt Bignell flew into a hill, his a/c completely destroyed. 1944-08-31
JK226 4 Spit sweep from Sarajevo to Doboj, attacking trains. Hits scored on loaded goods wagons at Novi Šeher. Railway yard attack at Doboj. 1944-09-02
MA698 4 Spits sweeproads Bihac, Kosajnica & Siska but unable to reach their target owing to foul weather. 1944-09-07
JK226 Scrambled with F/O Wall, no e/a seen. 1944-09-25
JK226 Escort for Hurricanes with F/O Shattock 1944-10-04
JK652 (Operation Manna) Escort Dakotas with F/Lt H.Miller on Para dropping mission to Magara airfield. 1944-10-12
JK652 Recce Megara airfield with F/Lt H.Miller 1944-10-12
JK652 (Operation Manna) Airborne with Sgt Daniel patrolled shipping coming into Athens area. 1944-10-15
MA698 (Operation Manna) Airborne with W/O Evans patrolled shipping. 1944-10-15
EF553 (Operation Manna) Patrolled shipping with Sgt Daniel 1944-10-16
JK652 (Operation Manna) 2nd sortie of the day with Sgt Daniel. 1944-10-16
JK402 4 Spits escort DC.3's from Araxos to Kalamaki 1240 - 1350 1944-10-19
MA533 Attacked train with 2 loco's Piryetoes area, rear engine destroyed front damaged. 2 trucks blew up. W/O R.Evans forced landed. 1944-10-23
Recce of Katerini & Salonika with F/Lt Saunders 0630 - 0900 1944-10-26
MA751 Strafing roads & rsilways north Salonika with Sgt Daniel. 1944-10-29
JK383 (Kalamaki) Recce of Salonika, Casarini areas. In the Amyntaion area 50 burnt M.T's were seen. 1944-11-02
MA507 6 Spits airborne strafed train near Veles, road convoy at Prilep & 2 loco's destroyed 2 damaged Krivolak area. 1944-11-05
JK383 4 Spits bombed Veles Marshalling yards. 1944-11-08
BR494 Weather recce with S/Ldr Silvester, Skoplje area. F/Lt Rake returned early L/R tank u/s, 1215 - 1235 1944-11-14
MA426 3 Spits bombed Vučitrn railway yard. 1944-11-15
ER637 3 Spits strafed railway Pristina to Mitrovica, F/Lt Rake force landed & a/c overturned. 1944-11-18
F/Lt Rake returns to the unit. Please read photo above. 1944-11-30

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