Harry Ernest Steele
Service number
1443406
Military unit
90 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
25 Dec 1920
Date of death
02 Dec 1943 (23 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
In 1939 living at 77 Church Lane, Bilsthorpe and was working in colliery haulage.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
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Family history
Son of Harry and Mabel Steele of 77 Church Lane, Bilsthorpe.
Married Edna Thorpe of 65 Savile Road, Bilsthorpe in 1941.
Their son, Derek, was born in late 1943, so only a few weeks old when his father was killed.
Military history
IBCC: Short Stirling III, serial No, EF191 markings WP-H
Navigator.
Flying from Tuddenham, Suffolk. Shot down by a Junker Ju88, a night fighter at Hemmet, 15 miles north of Varde when laying mines off the Danish coast.
Extra information
Edna's brother, George Thorpe, died whilst fighting in the Far East. George Thorpe's wife, Ada, was the sister of Lionel Oliver who died in 1945.
Photographs
No photos