1548659 Sergeant John Edward Armitage,
Navigator/Bomber.
The Royal Air ForceVolunteer Reserve
Aged 23.
Son of Thomas Liddal Armitage and Constance Marion Twivy Armitage, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
They were married in Barnsley, in 1917.
He died on 11th February 1944, on board Wellington Bomber X3215 from 21 Operational Training Unit, which took off from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a non-operational bullseye exercise. An engine cut out on take off and the aircraft crashed striking a large tree near Black Downs near Stretton-on-fosse. He was 23.
The Crew comprised
Flight Sergeant James Francis Martin
Pilot
Sergeant Leonard Purvis
Navigator
Sergeant John Edward Armitage
Navigator/Bomb Aimer
Sergeant Percival Henry Earwaker
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Sergeant William Mervyn Hole
Air Gunner
Sergeant Michael Joseph Breen
Air Gunner
Navigator/Bomber.
The Royal Air ForceVolunteer Reserve
Aged 23.
Son of Thomas Liddal Armitage and Constance Marion Twivy Armitage, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
They were married in Barnsley, in 1917.
He died on 11th February 1944, on board Wellington Bomber X3215 from 21 Operational Training Unit, which took off from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a non-operational bullseye exercise. An engine cut out on take off and the aircraft crashed striking a large tree near Black Downs near Stretton-on-fosse. He was 23.
The Crew comprised
Flight Sergeant James Francis Martin
Pilot
Sergeant Leonard Purvis
Navigator
Sergeant John Edward Armitage
Navigator/Bomb Aimer
Sergeant Percival Henry Earwaker
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Sergeant William Mervyn Hole
Air Gunner
Sergeant Michael Joseph Breen
Air Gunner
1548659 Sergeant John Edward Armitage,
Navigator/Bomber.
The Royal Air ForceVolunteer Reserve
Aged 23.
Son of Thomas Liddal Armitage and Constance Marion Twivy Armitage, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
They were married in Barnsley, in 1917.
He died on 11th February 1944, on board Wellington Bomber X3215 from 21 Operational Training Unit, which took off from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a non-operational bullseye exercise. An engine cut out on take off and the aircraft crashed striking a large tree near Black Downs near Stretton-on-fosse. He was 23.
The Crew comprised
Flight Sergeant James Francis Martin
Pilot
Sergeant Leonard Purvis
Navigator
Sergeant John Edward Armitage
Navigator/Bomb Aimer
Sergeant Percival Henry Earwaker
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Sergeant William Mervyn Hole
Air Gunner
Sergeant Michael Joseph Breen
Air Gunner
Navigator/Bomber.
The Royal Air ForceVolunteer Reserve
Aged 23.
Son of Thomas Liddal Armitage and Constance Marion Twivy Armitage, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
They were married in Barnsley, in 1917.
He died on 11th February 1944, on board Wellington Bomber X3215 from 21 Operational Training Unit, which took off from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a non-operational bullseye exercise. An engine cut out on take off and the aircraft crashed striking a large tree near Black Downs near Stretton-on-fosse. He was 23.
The Crew comprised
Flight Sergeant James Francis Martin
Pilot
Sergeant Leonard Purvis
Navigator
Sergeant John Edward Armitage
Navigator/Bomb Aimer
Sergeant Percival Henry Earwaker
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Sergeant William Mervyn Hole
Air Gunner
Sergeant Michael Joseph Breen
Air Gunner
Inscription
DEARLY LOVED ELDER SON
OF T. LIDDALL AND
CONSTANCE M. ARMITAGE
OF GOLDTHORPE, YORKS
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