Frank Lionel Corner
Service number
222039
Military unit
106 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
07 Jun 1944 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Attended Nottingham Boys' High School and played for the Old Nottinghamians rugby team.
Early in the war, Corner was employed by the Notts War Agriculure Committee.
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Son of Capt. Leonard Leslie Corner, and Florence Edna Corner, of Whiston, Yorkshire.
Military history
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XXIX. J. 18-22 (Coll.)
He was killed in action over Caen.
Lancaster III NE150 took off 0025 7 June 1944 from Metheringham to bomb communications in tactical support of the Normandy Landings. Crashed near St-Jean-de- Daye (Manche) where five of the dead were buried 8. Six fatalities: FE Corner (FE), MGM Warren, RL Puckett, NCV Rooker, MH Wigham, SK Black. F/O John Drylie became an Evader.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Frank Lionel Corner
Nottingham Evening Post 11/12/1944