Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed aged 24 while serving with 26 Operational Training Unit when his Wellington bomber crashed between Balding and Bourne in Lincolnshire on a night navigation exercise. Four other crew members also died in the crash (Sgt Clifford Bertram Allen, Radio Op; Flt Sgt Sydney Charles Jessop, Navigator; Sgt Newton Smith, Air Bomber; Sgt Derek Joseph Wright, Air Gunner).
Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed aged 24 while serving with 26 Operational Training Unit when his Wellington bomber crashed between Balding and Bourne in Lincolnshire on a night navigation exercise. Four other crew members also died in the crash (Sgt Clifford Bertram Allen, Radio Op; Flt Sgt Sydney Charles Jessop, Navigator; Sgt Newton Smith, Air Bomber; Sgt Derek Joseph Wright, Air Gunner).
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
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