BIRTH-1923 March Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Squibbs, Frank A---Mother's Maiden Name: Little
District: Newport M. [Vol & Page: 11a & 509]
DEATH-1943 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Squibbs, Frank A---Age: 20
District: Chapel-le-F. [Vol & Page: 7b & 1079]
51 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax II (#HR727) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Snaith for an air operation over Frankfurt, Germany. Following the operation, HR727 was leaving the target area when it sustained some damage, radio loss and fuel loss because of a German night-fighter attack. The Halifax's pilot was able to continue the flight back to England; but poor weather conditions were encountered, preventing clear ground visuals at a high altitude. In descending through the cloud, HR727 crashed on Ashop Moor, Peak District, Derbyshire, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring two others.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Ernest Hatfield FENNING,
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Jean Gilbert Felix FORTIN,
RAFVR Sergeant Eric George LANE,
RAFVR Sergeant Boris Karl SHORT and
RAFVR Sergeant Frank Allan SQUIBBS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1411892
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron; RAF Snaith, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'Swift and Sure')
Son of Alban B. and Jessie (née Little) Squibbs [they married in Newport in 1919].
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
BIRTH-1923 March Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Squibbs, Frank A---Mother's Maiden Name: Little
District: Newport M. [Vol & Page: 11a & 509]
DEATH-1943 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Squibbs, Frank A---Age: 20
District: Chapel-le-F. [Vol & Page: 7b & 1079]
51 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax II (#HR727) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off at night from RAF Snaith for an air operation over Frankfurt, Germany. Following the operation, HR727 was leaving the target area when it sustained some damage, radio loss and fuel loss because of a German night-fighter attack. The Halifax's pilot was able to continue the flight back to England; but poor weather conditions were encountered, preventing clear ground visuals at a high altitude. In descending through the cloud, HR727 crashed on Ashop Moor, Peak District, Derbyshire, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring two others.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Ernest Hatfield FENNING,
RCAF Warrant Officer Class II Jean Gilbert Felix FORTIN,
RAFVR Sergeant Eric George LANE,
RAFVR Sergeant Boris Karl SHORT and
RAFVR Sergeant Frank Allan SQUIBBS.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1411892
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 51 RAF Squadron; RAF Snaith, Yorkshire
(Motto: 'Swift and Sure')
Son of Alban B. and Jessie (née Little) Squibbs [they married in Newport in 1919].
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JESSIE SQUIBBS
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 29TH MARCH 1941
AGED 52 YEARS.
ALSO JOHN HUBERT
DEARLY BELOVED YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE
DIED 6TH JULY 1943, AGED 16
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
FLIGHT SGT. FRANK ALLAN, R. A. F. V. R.,
SECOND SON,
BY ENEMY ACTION 5TH OCTOBER 1943, AGED 20.
ELLEN LITTLE
BELOVED MOTHER OF JESSIE, ALLAN & JIM
PASSED AWAY 18TH APRIL 1952, AGED 94.
THY WILL BE DONE.
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