Vernon Edward Pereira
Service number
1251844
Military unit
150 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
69 Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Date of birth
Date of death
28 May 1941 (19 years old)
Place of birth
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of Maj. Frederick Vernon Cowper Pereira, The Suffolk Regt., and Margaret Challis Pereira, of Bury St. Edmunds.
Military history
27/28 May 1941 Wellington R1044 150 Sqn. Take off from RAF Newton to bomb port at Boulogne. 24 aircraft to bomb shipping and the 4/SFltl. Schnellboot and Räumboote bunker construction site.
Crashed 04.45 on Colborough Hill, Halstead near Leicester on return after emerging from cloud to establish their position. On impact the aircraft broke in two the rear gunner being the only survivor.
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