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Sergeant

Harold Yardley

Service number 751486
Military unit 83 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 03 Oct 1918
Date of death 07 Sep 1941 (21 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

He was a clerk in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of George H and May Yardley of 120, Wollaton Road, Beeston, Nottingham; husband of Ida May Yardley

Military history

Hampden I AE319 took off 2030 6 Sept 1941 from Scampton to lay mines off Oslo (Onions Region). Shot down by Flak in the target area and crashed near Sandvika Norway.

Sergeant N B Morrison, Sergeant H Yardley: killed; Flight Lieutenant J B Leetham, Sergeant L W Sadezky: prisoners of war; aircraft failed to return from an operational flight off Oslo, Norway.

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