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Flight Lieutenant
C. M. Edwards
Royal Air Force
11th August 1978
Age 31 |
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Christopher M. Edwards
Flight Lieutenant
abt. 1947
11th August 1978
31
617 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
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Flight Lieutenant Christopher Edwards and his crew had been together with 617 squadron based at Scampton for
about a year. They were all very experienced officers with many hours flying the Vulcan.
They were chosen to take part in the annual air and water show in Chicago during August 1978. They took off on a practice for the local press the day before
the show. They experienced huge problems with engine failure and bursting into flames. Flight Lieutenant Edwards took the aircraft well away from all built up areas crashing into a rubbish site and all the crew members on board were killed.
The crew of the Avro Vulcan B.Mk 2 (XL 390) were:
Flight Lieutenant Christopher Edwards, Pilot, aged 31
Flight Lieutenant Simon Farlow, Co-Pilot, aged 31
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Hamilton, aged 36
Flight Lieutenant Nigel Thomas, aged 29 |
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Pilot Officer
L. R. Evans
Pilot
Royal Air Force
4th April 1941 |
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Leslie Richard Evans
Pilot Officer (Pilot)
42702
20th March 1913
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
4th April 1941
28
83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Grave 17
Husband of
Phyllis May Evans, nee Scarlett. |
Plane crashed on Hangingstone Hill after successfully completing an RAF bombing mission to La Rochelle in France. His son Richard Anothony John Evans was born on the following day, 5th April 1941. |
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Flight Lieutenant
S. P. Farlow
Royal Air Force
11th August 1978
Age 31
Deeply missed son, husband
and father |
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Simon P. Farlow
Flight Lieutenant
abt. 1947
11th August 1978
31
617 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
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B8109881
Senior Aircraftman
A. Findlay
Royal Air Force
20th December 1976
Age 20
Also of
Douglas Bryce
Findlay
Died 9th Feb 1983
Aged 49
To know them
was to love them forever. |
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A. Findlay
Senior Aircraftman
B8109881(?)
abt. 1956
20th December 1976
20
Royal Air Force
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4032081
Sergeant
A. J. Fitzgerald
Royal Air Force
14th July 1951
Age 27
In the midst of life
we are in death. |
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Arthur J. Fitzgerald
Sergeant
4032081
abt. 1924
14th July 1951
27
Royal Air Force
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Kathleen
wife of Arthur
died 27th May 2008
aged 82 years
Parents of Rodney. |
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1073035
Corporal
A. E. Flello
Royal Air Force
21st August 1944
Age 35
In our hearts will ever be
your sweet memory. |
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Arthur Edward Flello
Corporal
1073035
25th August 1909 (baptised)
Manchester, Lancashire
21st August 1944
35
37 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve
Grave 30 (New part)
Son of James Henry and
Emily Elizabeth Flello,
husband of Edith Flello,
of Offerton, Cheshire. |
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1365657
Sergeant
F. D. Grant
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Royal Air Force
10th November 1943 |
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Frederick Douglas Grant
Sergeant
1365657
10th November 1943
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave 28 (New part)
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639031
Sergeant
J. H. Green
Wireless Operator
Royal Air Force
3rd November 1940 |
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John Henry Green
Sergeant (Wireless Op.)
639031
abt. 1920
3rd November 1940
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83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Grave 12 (Old part) |
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Flying Officer
J. F. Greenan
Pilot
Royal Canadian Air Force
2nd March 1943
Age 22
Eternal rest
grabnt unto him, O Lord
and let perpetual light
shine upon him. |
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John Ferguson Greenan
Flying Officer (Pilot)
J/7534
28th December 1920
Calgary, Alberta
2nd March 1943
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57 (R. A. F.) Sqdn.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Grave 21 (New part)
Son of Joseph J. Greenan and
Mary P. Greenan,
of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
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On Monday, 01 March 1943, (a part of) the aircraft of the 57 squadron (RCAF), took off for a mission to Berlin in Germany from a station (airfield) near Scampton.
One of the crew members was Flying Officer J. F. Greenan RCAF. He and his crew departed for their mission at 19:06. He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, with serial R5894 and code DX-T). The mission was planned for Tuesday, 02 March 1943.
To the crew belonged:
Flying Officer John Ferguson Greenan, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant Frederick Warren Music, Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant John Burns Mallett, Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant Frank Cyril Edward Miller, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sergeant Harold William Ricketts, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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Flight Sergeant
L. Grey
Royal Australian
Air Force
31st January 1943
Age 26 |
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Llewellyn Grey
Flight Sergeant
403187
11th July 1916
Kincumber, New South Wales
31th January 1943
26
49th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Grave 19 (New part)
Son of William and Edith Grey,
of Beelbangera, New South Wales. |
Also see "James Arthur Gerald Browne"
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