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Sergeant

Robert Neville Birkhead

Service number 955477
Military unit 1660 HCU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 29 Apr 1941 (19 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

Known as Bob.
Notts Archive DD 2091/4/2: R N Birkead, RAF, Men's Wer Dept.

Family history

Son of James Byron Birkhead and Agnes M. Birkhead. His brother, George Thomas Birkhead, also died on service. He was also in the RAF and died on the 30th october 1940.
1921 the family were living in Long Eaton

Military history

IBCC: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V. Serial No P4939
Wireless Operator.
Flew from Abingdon on a night training exercise, but the aircraft stalled on take off and crashed NW of the airfield.

Extra information

Buried in Nottingham Northern Cemetery, plot M/23 grave 15.

Photographs

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