Leading Aircraftman, 1315702. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age 20. Son of Dr. John Henry Crosskey and Evelyn Margaret Crosskey, of Edgbaston, Birming-ham, Warwickshire, England. Lot 11. Block U. Grave 4.
He was Riddle Field's 1st fatal flying accident casualty.
He was a cadet in Course 3 in No. 5 British Flying Training School (5BFTS). Course 3 was known as the ‘University Flight’ because all fifty cadets came from the University Air Squadrons of the Universities of Edinburgh, Oxford, and Cambridge.
He was Riddle Field's 1st fatal flying accident casualty.
He was a cadet in Course 3 in No. 5 British Flying Training School (5BFTS). Course 3 was known as the ‘University Flight’ because all fifty cadets came from the University Air Squadrons of the Universities of Edinburgh, Oxford, and Cambridge.
Leading Aircraftman, 1315702. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age 20. Son of Dr. John Henry Crosskey and Evelyn Margaret Crosskey, of Edgbaston, Birming-ham, Warwickshire, England. Lot 11. Block U. Grave 4.
He was Riddle Field's 1st fatal flying accident casualty.
He was a cadet in Course 3 in No. 5 British Flying Training School (5BFTS). Course 3 was known as the ‘University Flight’ because all fifty cadets came from the University Air Squadrons of the Universities of Edinburgh, Oxford, and Cambridge.
He was Riddle Field's 1st fatal flying accident casualty.
He was a cadet in Course 3 in No. 5 British Flying Training School (5BFTS). Course 3 was known as the ‘University Flight’ because all fifty cadets came from the University Air Squadrons of the Universities of Edinburgh, Oxford, and Cambridge.
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Roger B. Crosskey
1315702 ~ L-A-C ~ R-A-F
January 20, 1942
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