| Sergeant John
Neal was serving on board Anson N5070 during a night navigation
exercise on July 22, 1941. The aircraft crashed at
approximately 0330hrs when it hit high ground about a mile
northwest of Westbury in Wiltshire, all airmen on board were
killed. The
crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Hometown |
Age |
Memorial
Site |
|
F/Lt John Carter (MID) |
RAF |
Herne Bay, Kent |
26 |
Herne
Bay Cemetery, Kent |
|
Sergeant Fred Corlett DFM |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
St.Maughold
Churchyard, Isle of Man |
|
F/Sgt Eddie Lines |
RAF |
Westcliffe on Sea, Essex |
21 |
Brookwood
Military Cemetery |
|
Sgt Thomas Comins |
RAFVR |
Cheam,Surrey |
20 |
Brookwood
Military Cemetery |
Sergeant John
Neal, RAAF was the son of Harry Gover and Isabel Neal of Caulfield,
Victoria, Australia.He enlisted on 26th May 1940 at
Melbourne, Victoria and is remembered on the Caulfield Roll of
Honour. John was aged 23 at the time of his death, he is buried at
the Brookwood Military Cemetery. |
