Name: Forse, Alfred---Age: 28
District: Deben (Volume & Page: 4a & 1834)
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: 562549
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of William John and Blanche Matilda Forse: husband of Muriel Forse of Dawdon, Seaham, County Durham, England.
Cemetery Registers, Easington District
Location: Seaham, County Durham
Cemetery: Princess Road Cemetery
4 Sep 1941 Alfred Forse, age: 28, Sergeant 562549 RAF
Name: Forse, Alfred---Age: 28
District: Deben (Volume & Page: 4a & 1834)
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#D9826) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, which had taken flight from RAF Marham in Norfolk on an air operation over Mannheim, Germany, was shot down by a German fighter aircraft and crashed near Martlesham Heath in Suffolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in that crash were-
RCAF Sergeant William Henry BLADES,
RCAF Flight Sergeant John William BOYCE,
RAFVR Sergeant Francis James McGAW,
RAF Flight Sergeant Alfred FORSE,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred John COWELL and
RAFVR Sergeant John Kemp MURDOCH.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Observer
Service Number: 562549
Age: 28
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron (MOTTO: 'Despite The Elements'), RAF Marham, Norfolk
Son of William John and Blanche Matilda Forse: husband of Muriel Forse of Dawdon, Seaham, County Durham, England.
Cemetery Registers, Easington District
Location: Seaham, County Durham
Cemetery: Princess Road Cemetery
4 Sep 1941 Alfred Forse, age: 28, Sergeant 562549 RAF
Inscription
HIS HEART WAS GOOD
HIS SPIRIT BRAVE
HIS RESTING PLACE
A HERO'S GRAVE
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