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Pilot Officer
Percy Lyford (DFC) - RAFVR |
| P/O Percy
Lyford was serving on board Lancaster MK.III JA-925 coded GT-L
for an operation to Berlin on January 1/2, 1944. The aircraft
departed from Warboys at 0019hrs but was lost without a trace.
The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Percy "Bob" Lyford joined the
RAF at the same time as his twin brother
Francis who was
killed in August of 1944 with 619 Squadron. Percy was 21 years old at the time
of his death.
The rest of the crew were:
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Name |
Service |
Age |
Hometown |
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S/L Rowland Fawcett -DFC |
RAF |
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Duncan, B.C,
Canada |
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P/O Roland Bowen |
RAF |
23 |
Bridgenorth, Shropshire |
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P/O Geoffrey Vickers - DFC |
RAFVR |
22 |
Castleford, Yorkshire |
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F/S John Bell |
RAFVR |
22 |
Lancashire |
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F/S George Headley |
RAFVR |
19 |
Hull |
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F/S Brinley Hinks |
RAFVR |
20 |
Abercynon,Glamorgan |
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Percy on
leave. |
Percy's
Pathfinder certificate. |
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