Parent Unit:
1653 HCU
Mission: T
raining
Reason for Crash:
The aircraft took off from North Luffenham for fighter
affiliation. Lost control and crashed at 1515hrs near Scraptoft on the eastern
outskirts of Leicester. The six crew were all lost.
The Crew
Flying Officer Norman Edward Cook
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Sergeant Gerald Gore
1851679, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Flying Officer Thomas Neale
165147
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Buried in
LODGE HILL CEMETERY, Birmingham Warwickshire,
England
Sergeant James Frederick John Stanley
1866386, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Warrant Officer Ralph Charles Wingrove
545011, Royal Air Force
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Buried in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England
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Sergeant Jack Winterbottom
646531, Royal Air Force
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Suggested Websites:
BBC War Story
Wartime Memoirs
