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Flying Officer Kenneth Richard Bearcroft

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Flying Officer Kenneth Richard Bearcroft

Birth
Death
25 Mar 1945
Apeldoorn Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Burial
Ugchelen, Apeldoorn Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands GPS-Latitude: 52.1772817, Longitude: 5.9291317
Plot
Plot 4. Grave 317.
Memorial ID
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Age 21

Air Bomber

Service Number: 154386

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 69 Squadron


Son of Ernest Victor and Eliza Ritchie Bearcroft, of Llanellen, Monmouthshire


Courtesy of Geojan05 (50845951)

'Lost in Wellington NC555, crashed at Apeldoorn at the "Waterloosche weg now Tooropstraat".

The airplane left Melsbroek (B.58) airfield for a recce flight.

The 5 airman were KIA:

-Pilot: W. Bennet (DFC)

-Navigator: G. Linnard

-Observer: K. Bearcroft

-Gunner: R. Jeffery

-Gunner: R. Sutherland


https://arcg.is/0mPHeK'

Age 21

Air Bomber

Service Number: 154386

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 69 Squadron


Son of Ernest Victor and Eliza Ritchie Bearcroft, of Llanellen, Monmouthshire


Courtesy of Geojan05 (50845951)

'Lost in Wellington NC555, crashed at Apeldoorn at the "Waterloosche weg now Tooropstraat".

The airplane left Melsbroek (B.58) airfield for a recce flight.

The 5 airman were KIA:

-Pilot: W. Bennet (DFC)

-Navigator: G. Linnard

-Observer: K. Bearcroft

-Gunner: R. Jeffery

-Gunner: R. Sutherland


https://arcg.is/0mPHeK'


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