EAST STOCKWITH - LINCOLNSHIRE
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Lancaster bomber ME 323, Code named PH-P, of 12 Squadron was shot down by intruder between East Stockwith and Blyton during a night training flight. The crew of 7, 5 of whom were Australian Flight Sergeants were killed.
Flight Sergeant Alan CRYER 436545
Born: 26-3-1923, Subiaco, Western Australia
Enlisted: 5-2-1943, Perth, Western Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 21years
Son of Walter and Lily Ellen Cryer, of Ipswich, Queensland
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 120
Born: 26-3-1923, Subiaco, Western Australia
Enlisted: 5-2-1943, Perth, Western Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 21years
Son of Walter and Lily Ellen Cryer, of Ipswich, Queensland
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 120
Flight Sergeant George Edward DAVIS 437781
Born: 22-5-1924, Port Pirie, Sth. Aust.
Enlisted: 27-3-1943, Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 20years
Son of Stacey Algernon and Jane Eliza Davis, of Port Pirie, South Australia.
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 121
Born: 22-5-1924, Port Pirie, Sth. Aust.
Enlisted: 27-3-1943, Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 20years
Son of Stacey Algernon and Jane Eliza Davis, of Port Pirie, South Australia.
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 121
Flight Sergeant Ronald Leslie HORSTMANN 429960
Born: 28-4-1922, Netherleigh, Sth. Aust
Enlisted: 10-10-1942, Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 22years
Son of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm and Blondine Alvine Horstmann
Husband of Elva Grace Horstmann, of Netherleigh, South Australia.
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 124
Born: 28-4-1922, Netherleigh, Sth. Aust
Enlisted: 10-10-1942, Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 22years
Son of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm and Blondine Alvine Horstmann
Husband of Elva Grace Horstmann, of Netherleigh, South Australia.
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 124
Flight Sergeant Walter Noel PRIDMORE 429832
Born: 25-12-1923, Alberton, Sth. Aust
Enlisted: 12-9-1942, Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 21years
Son of Henry and Lily May Pridmore, of Pennington, South Australia.
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 129
Born: 25-12-1923, Alberton, Sth. Aust
Enlisted: 12-9-1942, Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 21years
Son of Henry and Lily May Pridmore, of Pennington, South Australia.
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 129
Flight Sergeant Alexander Harold WESTON 419718
Born: 8-7-1922, Collingwood, Victoria
Enlisted: 15-9-1942, Melbourne, Victoria
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 22years
Son of Evan Harold Edward and Laura Evelyn Weston, of Parkville, Victoria
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 132
Born: 8-7-1922, Collingwood, Victoria
Enlisted: 15-9-1942, Melbourne, Victoria
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 12 Squadron (R.A.F.)
Killed in Flying Battle: 4-3-1945, United Kingdom aged 22years
Son of Evan Harold Edward and Laura Evelyn Weston, of Parkville, Victoria
Resting: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 132