Flight Sergeant ( Nav. ) 1393542 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25/03/1944 21 Grave 5.
Son of George William and Lillian Gertrude Dear, of Hanwell, Middlesex.
On March 25, 1944, while returning from a German mission, a RAF Halifax bomber was attacked by an enemy fighter plane over nearby Belgium.
The terrible fight that took place, the plane of the RAF, after being valiantly defended, was hit, exploded in flight and fell between the two villages.
Son of George William and Lillian Gertrude Dear, of Hanwell, Middlesex.
On March 25, 1944, while returning from a German mission, a RAF Halifax bomber was attacked by an enemy fighter plane over nearby Belgium.
The terrible fight that took place, the plane of the RAF, after being valiantly defended, was hit, exploded in flight and fell between the two villages.
Flight Sergeant ( Nav. ) 1393542 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25/03/1944 21 Grave 5.
Son of George William and Lillian Gertrude Dear, of Hanwell, Middlesex.
On March 25, 1944, while returning from a German mission, a RAF Halifax bomber was attacked by an enemy fighter plane over nearby Belgium.
The terrible fight that took place, the plane of the RAF, after being valiantly defended, was hit, exploded in flight and fell between the two villages.
Son of George William and Lillian Gertrude Dear, of Hanwell, Middlesex.
On March 25, 1944, while returning from a German mission, a RAF Halifax bomber was attacked by an enemy fighter plane over nearby Belgium.
The terrible fight that took place, the plane of the RAF, after being valiantly defended, was hit, exploded in flight and fell between the two villages.
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1393542 FLIGHT SERGEANT
J. DEAR
NAVIGATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
25TH MARCH 1944 AGE 21
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