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Old 30th March 2018, 14:59
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Newark upon Trent Cemetery

Looking for some info on the following people is anyone can help. The Newark cemetery holds many Commonwealth and Polish War Graves in the CWGC plot in middle section eastern side. To the east of this is section B which is held for the burials of ex Polish service personnel who have past away after 1947. To the west of the CWGC plot are the service personnel graves of the UK and the 1941 Ransome and Marles bombing. Can anybody fill in the details of the following ?

RAF F/Lt F Kula MM DoD 17/3/48 - Wellington RP499 RAF Topcliffe
RAF F/Lt H J Fuller DoD 1/5/53 - Havard XXXX RAF Syerston
RAF F/Lt R Herrick DoD 6/5/53 - Harvard XXXX RAF Syerston
RN Mid A E W Kelly DoD 27/8/55 HMS Gamecock
RN Mid A H G Low DoD 14/10/55 HMS Gamecock - Percival Provost T1 WV502 RAF Syerston
RAF Sqdn/L G H Tansley AFC DoD 14/10/55 - Percival Provost T1 WV502 RAF Syerston
RAF Sgt E D Simpson DoD 20/9/58 - Vulcan VX770 Syerston air show
RAF Sgt C Hanson DoD 20/9/58 - Vulcan VX770 Syerston air show
RAF Sqdn/L R C L Haggett 19/4/68 - Shackleton WB833 Mull of Kintyre RAF Ballykelly.

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Old 1st April 2018, 17:37
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Re: Newark upon Trent Cemetery

Hello,

4/5/53 - 22 FTS - Harvard IIB FX209 - Crashed Farnsfield, Notts. - 57018 F/Lt Harold John FULLER RAF +

6/5/53 - 22 FTS - Harvard IIB KF300 - Crashed 7m NE of Newark, Notts. - 70899 F/Lt Robert HERRICK RAF +

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Old 1st April 2018, 23:20
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Old 13th August 2018, 14:33
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Re: Newark upon Trent Cemetery

Hello

With regards to Herrick's accident, the Nottingham Journal of May 8th 1953 reported the following:

Unexplained air crash
"Death by misadventure" was the inquest verdict at Newark yesterday on a Syrian Air Force pilot, Lieut. Edmund Youssaf Jamal (24), and an R.A.F. flying instructor, Flt.-Lieut. Robert Herrick (33), both of R.A.F. station Syerston, who were killed when their blazing Harvard plane crashed on Wednesday.
The plane, on a training flight, came down at Maplebeck, near Newark. Wednesday's crash was seen by Margaret Rose and her brother Douglas. Douglas said the plane began a spiral dive, burst into flames, and crashed. "There was a flash and an explosion before it burst into flames and another as it hit the ground," he said. "It was revving terrifically before it hit the ground."
The Newark coroner said the cause of the accident was obscure.

And with regards to Fuller's accident, the same newspaper on May 7th 1953:

Blown over by plane
A Farnsfield mother and daughter had a narrow escape on Monday afternoon when an R.A.F. aircraft from Syerston crashed at Farnsfield, near Newark. The pilot and his pupil were killed.
The woman, Mrs. June Pouditch, of Forest Farm, Farnsfield, told the Newark Deputy Coroner and a jury at the inquest that the plane crashed withing 30 yards of her and her four year old daughter Carol. "The blast blew us to the ground," she said.
Verdicts of "Death by misadventure" were returned on 30 year old Flying Instructor Harold John Fuller, of the Officer's Married Quarters, Syreston, and a 23 year old pilot under instruction, Acting Sub-Lieut. Vincent Joseph Forrester, also stationed at Syerston, whose home is at Glasgow. Death was said to be instantaneous.

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