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Pilot Officer Amery Yeo Evans

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Pilot Officer Amery Yeo Evans

Birth
Minehead, West Somerset District, Somerset, England
Death
17 Jun 1941 (aged 31)
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Marham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map
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115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.

The airmen who perished in this accident were-

RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,

RAFVR Sergeant Henry BROWN,

RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,

RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,

RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and

RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.


Military Service-

Rank: Pilot Officer

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 89303

Age: 31

Service: Royal Air Force

Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk

(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')


Son of William Lavington Evans and Constance Ella Northup Evans.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Ic (#R1517) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Marham on a day-time air test flight. R1517 crashed at Sporle, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, taking the lives of five members of the crew and injuring the two others, one of whom died of the serious injuries he's sustained in the crash.

The airmen who perished in this accident were-

RAFVR Pilot Officer Alastair Boyd BROWN,

RAFVR Sergeant Henry BROWN,

RCAF Sergeant Robert Owen DOCKING,

RAF Pilot Officer Amery Yeo EVANS,

RAFVR Flight Sergeant John Ronald HURT and

RAFVR Aircraftman 2nd Class Alfred SMITH.


Military Service-

Rank: Pilot Officer

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 89303

Age: 31

Service: Royal Air Force

Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk

(Motto: 'Despite The Elements')


Son of William Lavington Evans and Constance Ella Northup Evans.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


Inscription

(Epitaph...)
SO HE PASSED OVER
AND ALL THE TRUMPETS
SOUNDED FOR HIM
ON THE OTHER SIDE

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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142437354/amery_yeo-evans: accessed ), memorial page for Pilot Officer Amery Yeo Evans (1 Dec 1909–17 Jun 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142437354, citing Marham Cemetery, Marham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).