28 April 1942 - 59 Squadron, RAF North Coates - Lockheed Hudson V – AM639 – P/O D V Thesinger RAFVR – Duty Training practise bombing.
Location – In sea off Spurn Point.
59 Squadron Lockheed Hudson V AM639 aircraft crashed during low level practise bombing attack on the wreck of a ship off Spurn Point during high winds. The bodies of 2 of the crew were recovered by HMT Sheraton
P/O Dermont Vigors Thesiger RAFVR - Pilot – 28 - 59 Sqn - Son of Capt. the Hon. Wilfred Thesiger, D.S.O., and of Kathleen Thesiger, of Chelsea, London. Barrister of the Middle Temple – Runnymede Memorial.
Sgt John Richard Hoskins RAAF – Navigator – 22 – 59 Sqn - Son of Harold Vincent and Gladys Muriel Hoskins, of Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia - North Cotes St Nicholas Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
Sgt Eric Stanley Normore RAFVR - 23 - 59 Sqn - Son of William and Fanny Normore, of Deer Lake, Newfoundland – Runnymede Memorial
Sgt Henry Francis Neary RAFVR - Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner – 19 – 59 Sqn - Son of Edward and Margaret Neary, of St. John's, Newfoundland - North Cotes St Nicholas Churchyard, Lincolnshire.
59 Squadron Normore
Hoskins grave
Neary grave
Compiled by David Fell. Grave and aircraft photos from my archive. Other photo courtesy of the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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