Son of George and Isabella Turnbull, of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Military number 54224.
Pilot Officer (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.
Died at Age 23. Aircraft: Lancaster II LL694. MSN: KO-N
Unit 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF)
Took off 1837 24 Mar 1944 from RAF Witchford for an operation to Berlin, Germany. Shot down by Oberleutnant Hptm Martin Drewes of the Stab 111/NJG 1; who had taken off from Twente airfield at 22:50 Hours, in a Bf 110 G-4. Luftwaffe night-fighter ace, he survived the war and emigrated to Brazil where he married a Brazilian woman, he died in 2013. All of the cre of the LL694 were buried on March 27 in Gorssel General Cemetery.
CREW OF THE II LL694
Sgt Robert Leslie COULTER (R/157337) Air Gunner
COULTER
Flying Officer Edward John DEEMER (J/22055) Air Bomber
DEEMER
Sgt rthur DIGGLE (1536835) Flight Engi
DIGGLE
Flight Sergeant John Laurence DUFFY (413046) Navigator
DUFFY
Sgt John Edwin HAMMOND (1576457) Wireless Op
HAMMOND
Sgt Alexander John HULL (1890106) Air Gunner
HULL
Pilot Officer Thomas Elliott VIPOND (54224) Pilot
VIPOND
Military number 54224.
Pilot Officer (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.
Died at Age 23. Aircraft: Lancaster II LL694. MSN: KO-N
Unit 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF)
Took off 1837 24 Mar 1944 from RAF Witchford for an operation to Berlin, Germany. Shot down by Oberleutnant Hptm Martin Drewes of the Stab 111/NJG 1; who had taken off from Twente airfield at 22:50 Hours, in a Bf 110 G-4. Luftwaffe night-fighter ace, he survived the war and emigrated to Brazil where he married a Brazilian woman, he died in 2013. All of the cre of the LL694 were buried on March 27 in Gorssel General Cemetery.
CREW OF THE II LL694
Sgt Robert Leslie COULTER (R/157337) Air Gunner
COULTER
Flying Officer Edward John DEEMER (J/22055) Air Bomber
DEEMER
Sgt rthur DIGGLE (1536835) Flight Engi
DIGGLE
Flight Sergeant John Laurence DUFFY (413046) Navigator
DUFFY
Sgt John Edwin HAMMOND (1576457) Wireless Op
HAMMOND
Sgt Alexander John HULL (1890106) Air Gunner
HULL
Pilot Officer Thomas Elliott VIPOND (54224) Pilot
VIPOND
Son of George and Isabella Turnbull, of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Military number 54224.
Pilot Officer (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.
Died at Age 23. Aircraft: Lancaster II LL694. MSN: KO-N
Unit 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF)
Took off 1837 24 Mar 1944 from RAF Witchford for an operation to Berlin, Germany. Shot down by Oberleutnant Hptm Martin Drewes of the Stab 111/NJG 1; who had taken off from Twente airfield at 22:50 Hours, in a Bf 110 G-4. Luftwaffe night-fighter ace, he survived the war and emigrated to Brazil where he married a Brazilian woman, he died in 2013. All of the cre of the LL694 were buried on March 27 in Gorssel General Cemetery.
CREW OF THE II LL694
Sgt Robert Leslie COULTER (R/157337) Air Gunner
COULTER
Flying Officer Edward John DEEMER (J/22055) Air Bomber
DEEMER
Sgt rthur DIGGLE (1536835) Flight Engi
DIGGLE
Flight Sergeant John Laurence DUFFY (413046) Navigator
DUFFY
Sgt John Edwin HAMMOND (1576457) Wireless Op
HAMMOND
Sgt Alexander John HULL (1890106) Air Gunner
HULL
Pilot Officer Thomas Elliott VIPOND (54224) Pilot
VIPOND
Military number 54224.
Pilot Officer (Pilot), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.
Died at Age 23. Aircraft: Lancaster II LL694. MSN: KO-N
Unit 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF)
Took off 1837 24 Mar 1944 from RAF Witchford for an operation to Berlin, Germany. Shot down by Oberleutnant Hptm Martin Drewes of the Stab 111/NJG 1; who had taken off from Twente airfield at 22:50 Hours, in a Bf 110 G-4. Luftwaffe night-fighter ace, he survived the war and emigrated to Brazil where he married a Brazilian woman, he died in 2013. All of the cre of the LL694 were buried on March 27 in Gorssel General Cemetery.
CREW OF THE II LL694
Sgt Robert Leslie COULTER (R/157337) Air Gunner
COULTER
Flying Officer Edward John DEEMER (J/22055) Air Bomber
DEEMER
Sgt rthur DIGGLE (1536835) Flight Engi
DIGGLE
Flight Sergeant John Laurence DUFFY (413046) Navigator
DUFFY
Sgt John Edwin HAMMOND (1576457) Wireless Op
HAMMOND
Sgt Alexander John HULL (1890106) Air Gunner
HULL
Pilot Officer Thomas Elliott VIPOND (54224) Pilot
VIPOND
Inscription
HIS HAPPY SMILE
HIS CHEERFUL WAYS
LEAVE SWEET THOUGHTS
OF BYGONE DAYS
Gravesite Details
Row A, Coll. grave 16-18.
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