26 OTU's Vickers Wellington BX (#LP657) aircraft, with an aircrew of five was on a night-time navigation training flight when it crashed near Jobson's Bridge, Spalding in Lincolnshire
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Bertram ALLEN,
RAFVR Flying Officer Peter Lawrence HUYGENS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Sydney Charles JESSUP,
RAFVR Sergeant Newton SMITH and
RAFVR Sergeant Derek Joseph WRIGHT.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1896397
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 26 Operational Training Unit (OTU)
Son of John Morgan Allen and Dorothy Allen of Lambeth, London, England; husband of Margaret Allen of Southwark.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
26 OTU's Vickers Wellington BX (#LP657) aircraft, with an aircrew of five was on a night-time navigation training flight when it crashed near Jobson's Bridge, Spalding in Lincolnshire
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Bertram ALLEN,
RAFVR Flying Officer Peter Lawrence HUYGENS,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Sydney Charles JESSUP,
RAFVR Sergeant Newton SMITH and
RAFVR Sergeant Derek Joseph WRIGHT.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service No: 1896397
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 26 Operational Training Unit (OTU)
Son of John Morgan Allen and Dorothy Allen of Lambeth, London, England; husband of Margaret Allen of Southwark.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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