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Sergeant

Edwin Havron

Service number 1276189
Military unit 4 c OTU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 12 Feb 1909
Date of death 07 Apr 1943 (34 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

Edwin Havron worked for Boots as a warehouseman in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of John and Minnie Havron; husband of Winifred Havron and father of John and Patricia Havron of 12, Burrows Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham

Military history

Catalina AH568

Also lost was NK Carew. Havron and Carew were part of a Coastal Command Watch Crew.

Catalina I, AH568, No. 4 {C} OTU, No. 17 Group, Coastal Command sank at its moorings during a gale.

An RAF Coastal Command watch crew was a specialized detachment of naval aviation personnel responsible for continuously scanning the sea and operating radar equipment to detect enemy U-boats, surface raiders, and aircraft during WWII. They were essential to the Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic

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