Place, Edward (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-16

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Parents: Son of Edward and Ruth Evelyn Place, of Stockton-On-Tees, England

Spouse:

Home: Stockton-On-Tees, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF East Moor

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

1129411

Home
Google MapStockton-On-Tees, England
Final Burial
Google MapStranton Cemetery
Plot 12 Division C Church of England Grave 1325

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax BB203

Pilot Officer James Wilson Craig RAFVR

Pilot Officer Craig, James Wilson (RAFVR)
Intructor Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Ayrshire County, UK

Sergeant Alexander Dunn RAFVR

Sergeant Dunn, Alexander (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Edward Place RAFVR

Sergeant Place, Edward (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
Stranton Cemetery, West Hartlepool, County Durham, UK

Warrant Officer 1st Class Harry Ward Williamson RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Williamson, Harry Ward (RCAF)
Pilot (in training)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
All Saint's Churchyard, Newton-Upon-Ouse, Yorkshire, UK

Pilot Officer John Forster Withy RAFVR

Pilot Officer Withy, John Forster (RAFVR)
Pilot (in training)
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-16
All Saint's Churchyard, Newton-Upon-Ouse, Yorkshire, UK

Mission

Halifax B.Mk.II BB203

Conversion 1942-July-16 to 1942-July-16

158 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF East Moor

158 (Conversion Flight) Squadron (Strength In Unity) RAF Eastmoor. Halifax aircraft BB 203 NP-Z crashed at Manor Farm, Cornborough, Yorkshire during a conversion training flight. The aircraft was observed to be flying at an unusually low altitude and while attempting to land at RAF Eastmoor, stalled in a turn, struck a chimney on a house at Cornborough Farm and crashed with the loss of all air crew aboard

Warrant Officer 1st Class Harry Ward Williamson (RCAF), Pilot Officer James Wilson Craig (RAFVR), Pilot Officer John Forster Withy (RAFVR), Sergeant Edward Place (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alexander Dunn (RAFVR) were all killed in the flying training accident

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire