Squadron Leader Hanbury is remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the St. Mary Churchyard in Herriard, Hampshire.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
Squadron Leader Hanbury was one of these 'few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in 'The Battle Of Britain', answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.
117 Squadron's Lockheed Hudson VI (#FK386) aircraft [of #1 OADU], with an aircrew of three and with seven passengers on board, went missing while in transit from England to Gibraltar. It is believed that FK386 was shot down by German long range fighters, crashing into the sea and taking the lives of all ten airmen.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Bowyer BUCKLEY,
RAF Wing Commander Howard Frizelle BURTON DSO DFC and Bar,
RAFVR Wing Commander Paul Temple COTTON DFC,
RAFVR Flying Officer Dennis Victor EDWARDS,
RAF Wing Commander Jack GOODHEAD,
RAFVR Squadron Leader Osgood Villiers HANBURY DSO DFC and Bar,
RNZAF Flying Officer Edward James McSHERRY,
RAAF Wing Commander Eric PAUL MiD,
RAF Group Captain Robert Gordon YAXLEY DSO MC DFC and
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Kenneth YOUNG MBE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 81357
Rank: Squadron Leader
Age: 25
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 117 RAF Squadron
No. 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit); RAF Portreath, Cornwall
Honours/Awards: Distinguished Service Order (DSO); Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)and Bar
Son of Maj. Philip Hanbury and Dorothy Maude Hanbury of Herriard, Hampshire, England; husband of Cecil Patricia Hanbury.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Squadron Leader Hanbury is remembered with love and honour on a family grave monument in the St. Mary Churchyard in Herriard, Hampshire.
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940)
Squadron Leader Hanbury was one of these 'few': one of the 2, 936 Commonwealth and Allied pilots who served during the early days of the Second World War in the summer and autumn of 1940; 544 of these young airmen lost their lives participating in 'The Battle Of Britain', answering the call of duty to protect the United Kingdom.
117 Squadron's Lockheed Hudson VI (#FK386) aircraft [of #1 OADU], with an aircrew of three and with seven passengers on board, went missing while in transit from England to Gibraltar. It is believed that FK386 was shot down by German long range fighters, crashing into the sea and taking the lives of all ten airmen.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Bowyer BUCKLEY,
RAF Wing Commander Howard Frizelle BURTON DSO DFC and Bar,
RAFVR Wing Commander Paul Temple COTTON DFC,
RAFVR Flying Officer Dennis Victor EDWARDS,
RAF Wing Commander Jack GOODHEAD,
RAFVR Squadron Leader Osgood Villiers HANBURY DSO DFC and Bar,
RNZAF Flying Officer Edward James McSHERRY,
RAAF Wing Commander Eric PAUL MiD,
RAF Group Captain Robert Gordon YAXLEY DSO MC DFC and
RAFVR Squadron Leader John Kenneth YOUNG MBE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 81357
Rank: Squadron Leader
Age: 25
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 117 RAF Squadron
No. 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit); RAF Portreath, Cornwall
Honours/Awards: Distinguished Service Order (DSO); Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)and Bar
Son of Maj. Philip Hanbury and Dorothy Maude Hanbury of Herriard, Hampshire, England; husband of Cecil Patricia Hanbury.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1943
ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE
SQUADRON LEADER
HANBURY O. V., D. S. O., D. F. C. AND BAR
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