RAF from 1935 Sailed to the UK from Lourenco Marques, Mozambique in Jan 1938; stationed at RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth m. Jan 1940 in Birmingham, Thelma Ellen Palmyra [O'Connor] ATA Postings:
Address in 1959: Church Cottage, Church Walk, Maldon, Essex d. 9 Aug 1959 in the crash of Percival Prentice G-AOPW belonging to Aviation Traders Ltd, during an exhibition flight at Barton Aerodrome, Manchester. "The plane was giving a low-level flying display across the landing ground ... it appeared when doing a roll to nose-dive into the ground. There was a loud crump and the plane burst into a mass of flames." - Nottingham Evening News * Personnel File Missing |
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