Alfred Edward Charles Squire
Service number
929949
Military unit
408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
54 Charnwood Rd, Croydon, Surrey, England
Date of birth
16 Oct 1920
Date of death
19 Jun 1942 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Camberwell, London, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Engineering draughtsman, Assistant Machinist
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Robert and Agnes Squire, of South Norwood, Surrey.
Military history
Hampden AT189 408 Sqn that took-off from RAF Balderton at 22:40 on a gardening mission off Lorient. Crashed at Servel, nearby Lannion Airfield, northern France with the loss of all the crew. P/O Beranek had reported his aircraft was disabled (reasons unknown) and was preparing to ditch in the Channel. Rescue flights and boats found no sign of the aircraft and it was believed to have been lost at sea. Whether the crew had seen the Le Leguer and Bay of Lannion and believed themselves over the Channel or turned inland is not known.
Also killed
P/O Stanley Beranek
Sgt Edward Conwell
Sgt Donald Haddock.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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