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Old 1st June 2016, 01:27
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Re: Fairey Battle Trainer - P6754

28 November 1941

Battle Trainer - P6754 - 1 FTS - dived into ground Pepperbox Hill ranges, Wiltshire (already as a casualty on this a/c: DONALD STEWART - D/MX.64183 - HMS Daedalus).

P6754 one of a batch 23 (twenty-three) Fairey Battle Trainers delivered to 1 Flying Training School operating between 1938 and 1942.

RAF Museum London have accident record card for this aircraft which has more information as to crash, retrieval of body etc.,

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Rank:Leading Airman
Service No: 64183
Date of Death: 28/10/1941
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Daedalus
Grave Reference: Sec. A. West. Grave 257.
Cemetery: NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of James and Kate Florence Stewart, of Newark

Andy Bird
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