Father: Frank Waldron, mother Elsie, of Didcot, Berkshire. Postings: 4FPP
d. 22 Apr 1943 in Catalina FP321 "Flt-Capt Carreras (q.v.) was instructing on a Catalina aircraft. Through no fault of his own the aircraft crashed on to the sea and the crew were thrown into the water. F/O Gibbs lost an arm, and but for Flt-Capt Carreras's efforts would have lost his life. Flt-Capt Carreras also made the utmost efforts, but just failed, to save Flt-Engineer HFP Waldron from drowning, and helped other members of the crew to safety. He himself had experienced considerable shock and bruising." His body was never found.
Commemorated at Runnymede:
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