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Location
In Northwood Cemetery, Cowes, Isle of Wight Description Additional insciption on family headstone. Grave Location : 7849 |
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Headstone
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Inscription
IN DEAREST MEMORY OF MY MUCH LOVED SON MOWBRAY SAMUEL GEORGE MUMFORD, R.A.F.V.R. WHO LOST HIS LIFE AFTER A RAID ON GERMANY MARCH 14TH 1945 AGED 22 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS LOVE WITHIN THE HEART LIVES AND ABIDES IN SWEETEST MEMORY GOD, FOR SOME REASON NOT REVEALED TO ME BECKONED YOU ON A LITTLE WAY AHEAD. Further Information
CWGC record ...
The aircraft took off at 17:21 hrs from RAF Snaith to block the town area of Homberg to prevent the use of a communications route leading to the battlefront. As the aircraft returned to base it crashed into an embankment at the end of the long runway at RAF Snaith. The second pilot, Pilot Officer David Johnston Hovell, was on his first trip on operations. All the crew members died and each were buried in their home towns. Their memory is preserved in the memorial gardens at RAF Snaith. Information from Peter Gulliver |
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