115 Squadron's Vickers Wellngton Ic (#R3279) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off from RAF Marham in the early evening for an air operation. Upon its return flight, R3279 crashed at sea off Dartmouth, Devon, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Charles BROCKWAY,
RAFVR Sergeant George Liddell ELLIOTT,
RAFVR Sergeant Edward FENWICK,
RAFVR Sergeant Herbert Walter GREEN,
RAFVR Sergeant Geoffrey Rochfort PIKE and
RAFVR Sergeant Albert Walter WHITE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 937772
Age: 27
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of George William and Ethel Hannah Elliott of Low Fell, County Durham, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellngton Ic (#R3279) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took off from RAF Marham in the early evening for an air operation. Upon its return flight, R3279 crashed at sea off Dartmouth, Devon, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Charles BROCKWAY,
RAFVR Sergeant George Liddell ELLIOTT,
RAFVR Sergeant Edward FENWICK,
RAFVR Sergeant Herbert Walter GREEN,
RAFVR Sergeant Geoffrey Rochfort PIKE and
RAFVR Sergeant Albert Walter WHITE.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 937772
Age: 27
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of George William and Ethel Hannah Elliott of Low Fell, County Durham, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1941
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE
SERGEANT
ELLIOTT G. L.
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