Wilfred Arthur Joseph Fretwell
On the 1939 England and Wales Register, Wilfred is shown has being a mechanical and constructual draughtsman and that he had already enlisted into the RAF Vol Res as an observer.
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Son of Arthur John and Hannah Fretwell of 81 Lime Crescent Church Warsop. In 1921 the family, including Wilfred's 2 siblings, Charles (1913) and Theresa (1915), where living at St Joseph's Rectory, Langwith Road, Shirebrook.
In his will Wilfred left £139 17s to his sister Theresa's husband, Albert Horace Bradley.
IBCC: Blenheim V5510. Observer.
Flew from Qotafiyah, Egypt to raid the JU52/3m transports at Maleme Airfield Crete but was shot down by a BF 109 over Suda Bay, Crete.
Two other crew members were also killed, S Forrester and R Hall.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 6/6/1941: Warsop Airman Missing.
Mr A J Fretwell of Church Warsop has received official notification that his son Sgt Observer W Fretwell is missing following operations in the Middle East. He was a member of the Volunteer Reserve of the RAF and had gained the rank of Sgt Observer soon after the outbreak of war.
Wilfred died on his 22nd birthday.
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