STURTON
BY STOW, LANCASTER FARM WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Vernon Masterman 2005 -
additional information Martin Edwards
The
memorial is to a Lancaster crew which perished on a farm in Lincolnshire.
the farm is now called Lancaster Farm and is situated on the Roman
Road to the south east of Sturton by Stow Lincolnshire, map ref SK899800.
In 1943 Swinderby was the operational training station for No. 5 Group
including No. 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit using Manchesters and Lancasters.
Extract
from Bomber Command
Aviation Resource website:
Oldfield's
farm, Sturton-by-Stow
Airborne from Swinderby, the aircraft broke up in flight after the
starboard wing failed. The aircraft crashed at 1005 at Oldfield's
Farm. F/O S.R. Jones KIA, Sgt W.T. Raeside KIA, F/O P.M. Krish KIA,
F/O S. Hoy KIA, Sgt J. Westwood KIA, F/S G.W. Kennedy RCAF KIA, Sgt
T.H. Jackson KIA, LAC E.R. Redfern KIA.
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Photographs
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In
remembrance of the air crew of Lancaster
Bomber R5676 Squadron 1660 H.C.U. which
crashed on this farm 12th February 1943.
tragically all lives were lost.
JONES |
Sydney
Rhys |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 65537, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th
February 1943. Son of John Albert and Jane Ellen Jones, husband
of Patricia Jones. of Epping. Buried in EPPING CEMETERY, Epping,
Essex. Row P. Grave 51. See also Epping
Memorial |
KRISH |
Felix
Maurice |
Flying
Officer (Bomb Aimer/Navigator) 127962, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 12th February 1943. Aged 26. Son of Serge and Jessie
Krish, husband of Tanya Krish, of Fulham, London (the elder daughter
of the great pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch and violinist Daisy Kennedy).
Buried in WILLESDEN JEWISH CEMETERY, Willsden, Middlesex. Section
GX. Row 6. Grave 270. |
RAESIDE |
William
Turnbull |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1120014,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th February 1943. Aged
26. Son of Robert and Mary Raeside, of Kilmarnock; husband of Anna
Raeside, of Kilmarnock. Buried in KILMARNOCK CEMETERY, Kilmarnock,
Ayrshire. Section R. Grave 1041. |
HOY |
Stanley |
[Memorial
states Pilot Officer] Flying
Officer (Bomb Aimer/Navigator) 127111, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 12th February 1943. Aged 31. Son of Herbert and Agnes
Dorothea Hoy, of Hull; husband of Violet Hoy, of Beverley. Buried
in HULL EASTERN CEMETERY, Hull, Yorkshire. Compartment 158. Joint
Grave 27. |
WESTWOOD |
John |
Sergeant
1210748,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th February 1943. Aged
22. Son of John and Mary Westwood; husband of Eleanor May Westwood,
of Wychbold. Buried in St. MARY DE WYCHE CHURCHYARD, WYCHBOLD, Worcestershire.
Row H. Grave 23. |
JACKSON |
Thomas
Henry |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1112663, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th February 1943. Aged 23. Son
of Joseph and Emily Jackson; husband of Edith Ervine Jackson, of
Leeholme. Buried in ST. JAMES CHURCHYARD, COUNDON, Durham. Row 2.
Grave 2. |
KENNEDY |
Gerald
(Bunny) William |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/116232, Royal Canadian Air Force. Died 12th
February 1943. Aged 20. Son of John M. Kennedy and Scilena M. Kennedy,
of Elm Creek, Manitoba, Canada. Buried in ST. GERMAIN CHURCHYARD,
THURLBY, Lincolnshire. Grave B.6. |
REDFERN |
Elijah
Reginald |
Leading
Aircraftman 938010, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12th
February 1943. Aged 23. Son of Elijah and Hannah Redfern, of Derby.
Buried in NOTTINGHAM ROAD CEMETERY, DERBY. Section F. Grave 2442. |
Last
updated
15 September, 2018
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