Worthing, West Sussex, Lancaster bomber crash, 17 Dec 1944

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    151969 FLYING OFFICER EDWARD GORDON ESSENHIGH, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sqdn.
    Died 17 December 1944, Age 24 years old
    Buried or commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 205.
    Son of Mrs. E. M. Essenhigh, of York.
    Casualty Details | CWGC

    1111885 SERGEANT HARRY VAREY, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sqdn.
    Died 17 December 1944, Age 24 years old
    Buried or commemorated at, RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 239.
    Son of Alfred and Annie Varey; husband of Joan Kathleen Varey, of Acomb, Yorkshire. His brother Thomas also died on service.
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    1582055 SERGEANT LEONARD BERTIE BOURNE, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sqdn.
    Died 17 December 1944, Age 28 years old
    Buried or commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 225.
    Son of Walter George Bourne and Lizzy Bourne; husband of Beryl Bourne, of Corby, Northamptonshire.
    Casualty Details | CWGC

    1650742 FLIGHT SERGEANT FREDERICK BERNARD REES, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sdqn.
    Died 17 December 1944, Age 22 years old
    Buried or commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 221.
    Son of Frederick Thomas Rees and Mary Elizabeth Rees, of Ely, Glamorgan.
    Casualty Details | CWGC

    1898038 SERGEANT JAMES WORRALL MOORE, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sqdn.
    Died 17 December 1944, Age 39 years old
    Buried or commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 234.
    Son of Frank and Sarah Ann Moore; husband of Victoria Moriarty Moore, of Paddington, London.
    Casualty Details | CWGC

    154228 FLYING OFFICER JAMES ANDREW THOMSON, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sqdn.
    Died 17 December 1944
    Buried or commemorated at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Panel 209.
    Casualty Details | CWGC

    1452884 FLIGHT SERGEANT GORDON FREDERICK CALLON, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 49 Sqdn.
    Died 17 December 1944, Age 20 years old
    Buried or commemorated at LITTLEHAMPTON CEMETERY, Sec. D. Grave 4351.
    Son of Celsus Frederick and Winifred May Callon, of Birkenhead, Cheshire.
    I THINK OF YOU BY NIGHT I THINK OF YOU BY DAY MY HEAD IS FULL OF "THINKS" WHEN YOU ARE FAR AWAY.
    Casualty Details | CWGC

    Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB355, 17 Dec 1944

    Worthing Herald, Friday, August 12, 1949

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