Flight Lieutenant / Service No: 118559
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Squadron: 26 Sqdn. R.A.F.
Airfield: RAF Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England
Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb - W3314
Deceased: Age 23
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Collided in the air with Spitfire BL638 of the same unit during an air exercise. Spitfire AA850 was also involved in this collision. All 3 pilots were killed.
The pilot of the 4th aircraft in the Flight reported seeing two Spitfires burning on the ground, and another falling with part of a wing missing.
Next of Kin: Son of Henry and Dorothea Jane Adams, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. B.A.
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Squadron: 26 Sqdn. R.A.F.
Airfield: RAF Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England
Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb - W3314
Deceased: Age 23
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Collided in the air with Spitfire BL638 of the same unit during an air exercise. Spitfire AA850 was also involved in this collision. All 3 pilots were killed.
The pilot of the 4th aircraft in the Flight reported seeing two Spitfires burning on the ground, and another falling with part of a wing missing.
Next of Kin: Son of Henry and Dorothea Jane Adams, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. B.A.
Flight Lieutenant / Service No: 118559
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Squadron: 26 Sqdn. R.A.F.
Airfield: RAF Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England
Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb - W3314
Deceased: Age 23
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Collided in the air with Spitfire BL638 of the same unit during an air exercise. Spitfire AA850 was also involved in this collision. All 3 pilots were killed.
The pilot of the 4th aircraft in the Flight reported seeing two Spitfires burning on the ground, and another falling with part of a wing missing.
Next of Kin: Son of Henry and Dorothea Jane Adams, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. B.A.
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Squadron: 26 Sqdn. R.A.F.
Airfield: RAF Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England
Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb - W3314
Deceased: Age 23
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft
Collided in the air with Spitfire BL638 of the same unit during an air exercise. Spitfire AA850 was also involved in this collision. All 3 pilots were killed.
The pilot of the 4th aircraft in the Flight reported seeing two Spitfires burning on the ground, and another falling with part of a wing missing.
Next of Kin: Son of Henry and Dorothea Jane Adams, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. B.A.
Inscription
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
H. W. ADAMS
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
22ND JULY 1944 AGE 23
†
GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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