Fancy, Ernest John (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-April-25
Birth Date: 1922-April (age 22)
Born: Poole, Dorset, England
Willie George & Edith Mary Fancy, Upton, England
RAF
626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild
RAF Wicjkenby
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Air Gunner
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Took off from Wickenby at 21:52 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code UM-K2 Bomber Command) on an operation to Karlsruhe Germany.
Home-bound, regained the East Anglia coast only to be intercepted and shot down by an Intruder crashing at 04:10 close to Boxted Airfield some 5 miles N of Colchester Essex.
Killed includes Fancy: Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Edgar Hall Cameron RCAF R/116874 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 7. Pilot Officer Francis Winburn Gunn RCAF J/85972 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 8. Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson RCAF J/89285 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 6. Flight Sergeant James Douglas Mayger RAF KIA Glasgow Western Necropolis Sec. N. Grave 2118. Sergeant Dennis Randle RAF KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 24. Row D. Grave 18. Flight Sergeant John Lander Shell RAF KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 24. Row D. Grave 19. Flight Sergeant William Ross Wicks RAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13926.
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