A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC and other Headstones -
- Carisbrooke Mount Joy Cemetery : F H Ray -

Location

In Mount Joy Cemetery, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Private headstone
Grave Location : A 36
Headstone

Mount Joy Cemetery : F H Ray
 
Inscription


In Ever Loving Memory of
OUR DEVOTED AND ONLY CHILD
FLGT. SGT. PILOT FREDERICK HARRY RAY R.A.F.V.R.
WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 1943
WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE
AGED 26


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Frederick Harry Ray, son of Frederick George and Amelia Kate Ray, of Newport.
 

Squadron :156 Sqn
Aircraft :Avro Lancaster Mk.III EE118
Crew :
Pilot :Flt/Sgt F H RayCWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :Sgt W LinehamCWGC record ...
Navigator :P/O V W J NunnCWGC record ...
Air Bomber :F/O S K Smith (RCAF)CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator :Sgt D R BookerCWGC record ...
Air Gunner :Sgt N P WinterburnCWGC record ...
Air Gunner :Sgt F D DickensCWGC record ...
Air Gunner :Sgt A S Orchard

 
The aircraft took off at 18.24 hrs from RAF Warboys for Operations over Bochum but crashed on the return flight at Wimbotsham, 2 miles NE of Downham Market, Norfolk. All died except Sgt Orchard.
 
Information provided by : John Bloodworth



 
 

 
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