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16th June 2008, 10:33
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24 July 1940 - Battle of 12 OTU
Hi guys
I am aware that a FAA trainee pilot (GC Mortimer) was killed in a Battle of 12 OTU when it hit a balloon cable near RAF Benson on 24 July 1940. Was his RAF instructor killed, if so who was he? And what was the serial number of the Battle? Cheers Brian 
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16th June 2008, 12:35
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Re: 24 July 1940 - Battle of 12 OTU
Brian,
From BCL Vol.7 24 July 1940 12 OTU Battle I L5482 Training. Crew Mid (A) C G. Mortimer RN + Sgt. E P. Wood + Sgt. M V. Everitt + Took off Benson for a low-level navigation exercise. Flew into high tension cables and crashed circa 1250 hrs near North Stoke, 14 miles ESE of Oxford. Mid. Mortimer RN, aged eighteen and the only naval pilot to lose his life at a Bomber Command OTU, is buried in Finchley at St. Pancras Cemetery. Sgt. Everitt rests in the extension to Benson (St. Helen) Churchyard, while Sgt. Wood was taken to Conisbrough Cemetery. Mid. Mortimer had been attached from HMS Daedalus. Regards Peter
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