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Sgt. (AG) Roy William Heaton

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Sgt. (AG) Roy William Heaton Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Dec 1943 (aged 21)
Belgium
Burial
Leuven, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
5. E. 2.
Memorial ID
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Service No: 1494685 - Sergeant - Air Gunner - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.


Son of Ernest and Florence Heaton of 23, Grosvenor Square, Sale, Cheshire, England.


Part of a seven man crew that took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire at 17:19 on the 20th December 1943.

Believed to have been shot down by the tail-gunner of another Lancaster and crashed 8/9 km S of Tessenderlo in the vicinity of Diest-Dewine (Limburg) 23 km NW of Hasselt Belgium.


There was another casualty

Pilot Officer - Allan French WRIGHT - S/No. 159087 - Navigator - RAFVR

Service No: 1494685 - Sergeant - Air Gunner - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.


Son of Ernest and Florence Heaton of 23, Grosvenor Square, Sale, Cheshire, England.


Part of a seven man crew that took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire at 17:19 on the 20th December 1943.

Believed to have been shot down by the tail-gunner of another Lancaster and crashed 8/9 km S of Tessenderlo in the vicinity of Diest-Dewine (Limburg) 23 km NW of Hasselt Belgium.


There was another casualty

Pilot Officer - Allan French WRIGHT - S/No. 159087 - Navigator - RAFVR


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