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Stanley John Collett |
Surname |
Christian Names |
Service Number |
Rank |
Regiment |
Collett |
Stanley John |
1186962 |
Flt Sgt |
3 OTU, RAF Cranwell |
Born |
Age |
Enlisted at |
Address |
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Date of Death |
Where killed |
Cause of Death |
19/08/1942 |
Long Nanny Burn,
Northumberland |
Aircraft crash |
Cemetery |
Plot |
Country |
Runnymede Memorial |
Panel 73 |
England |
Next of Kin |
Next of kin address |
Town |
Gwendoline Joan Collett |
15 Dover Street |
Chippenham |
Notes |
Second son of Ernest
Reginald and Emma Elizabath Collett.of 15 Dover Street and previously 23
Hawthorn Road. Collett had been educated at the Chippenham Secondary School
and the worked as a clerk in the GWR booking office. He volunteered for
flying duties and started training in August 1940 and qualified in July
1941. He spent about 1 year on operational duties with Costal Command.
19/08/42
No.3 OTU
Whitley V
BD233
Coded U
Casualties:
Sgt S J Collett
Sgt B E Ridett
Training, RAF Cranwell
Crashed in sea on navex near Holy Island, Northumberland.
Port engine caught fire.
Approached Low Newton from the sea. It then turned north towards Beadnell
beach, passing low over Links House, crashing just south of Long Nanny burn.
As it careered over the dunes and sand it cut a pathway through the rough
ground, totally breaking up in the process.
Possibly flew too close and struck friendly ships.
WR Chorley "Bomber Command Losses". |
Memorials Commemorated on: |
Chippenham Town War Memorial |
Yes |
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Last updated -
14/01/2011
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