Sergeant Preston was one of five RAF airmen who lost their lives when their Avro Anson #6767 aircraft crashed near Fingal, Ontario.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAF Corporal Colin James CAMPBELL
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant John Osman David KELLOW
RAFVR Sergeant Edward Alfred DOUGHTY
RAFVR Sergeant Herbert PRESTON and
RAF Leading Aircraftman James WATSON.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 1231022
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: #33 Air Navigation School (ANS); Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario
This airman was one of the Royal Air Force personnel who were killed while training at No. 33 Air Navigation School near Hamilton, Ontario.
Son of Charlie Clifford Preston and Ida May Preston of Haworth Brow, Yorkshire, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Sergeant Preston was one of five RAF airmen who lost their lives when their Avro Anson #6767 aircraft crashed near Fingal, Ontario.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAF Corporal Colin James CAMPBELL
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant John Osman David KELLOW
RAFVR Sergeant Edward Alfred DOUGHTY
RAFVR Sergeant Herbert PRESTON and
RAF Leading Aircraftman James WATSON.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 1231022
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: #33 Air Navigation School (ANS); Hamilton (Mount Hope), Ontario
This airman was one of the Royal Air Force personnel who were killed while training at No. 33 Air Navigation School near Hamilton, Ontario.
Son of Charlie Clifford Preston and Ida May Preston of Haworth Brow, Yorkshire, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
AT LAST
PASS'D BEYOND ALL GRIEF
AND PAIN, DEATH FOR THEM
IS TRUEST GAIN.
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