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Flying
Officer George
William Bovett - RAFVR |
Flying
Officer George Bovett was serving
as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on board Lancaster
Mk.I NN700 coded
LS-Q
on August 7 1944 when it took off from
Mildenhall
at 2147hrs to bomb the German positions
at Rocquecourt in Normandy . The aircraft crashed
in the English Channel with the loss of everyone aboard.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
F/L John Potter Ball |
RAF |
Pilot |
Liverpool |
24 |
|
Sgt Dennis Ward |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Ruislip, Middlesex |
23 |
|
F/O Edmund Leah |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Todmorden,Yorkshire |
21 |
|
F/O Bernard Wrenshall |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
Victoria,B.C. |
31 |
|
F/O George Bovett |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Camberwell,London |
- |
|
Sgt Albert Barkshire |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Morden,Surrey |
37 |
|
Sgt George Morrison |
RAFVR |
Air Gunner |
Belfast,Co.Antrim |
19 |
F/O George William Bovett RAFVR
was from Camberwell, London, the second youngest, and only boy
in a family of five. Married to Jenny, they had two children,
John who was aged three and Jenifer who was a baby when George
was killed. Much loved by his sisters, he was known as a
prankster with a great sense of humour. His death had a
devastating impact on all the family
F/O Leah is buried in Walsden (St.Peter)
Church at Todmorden,Yorkshire, while George Bovett and the remaining crew members
have no known graves and are
commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Photo courtesy of
Christopher Cutting, research by Linda Ibrom. |