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Pilot Offr Ronald Reginald Sly

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Pilot Offr Ronald Reginald Sly

Birth
New South Wales, Australia
Death
17 Oct 1941 (aged 19–20)
Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Burial
Polmont, Falkirk, Scotland Add to Map
Plot
Sec 1. Grave 20.
Memorial ID
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Pilot Officer - '403078' - Royal Australian Air Force- 58 OTU Grangemout
Son of Kenneth Willis Sly and Ruth Alice Walker Roberts of Richmond, New South Wales.,
"On the 17th October 1941, Spitfire 1A Serial X4904 flown by Pilot Offr Sly took off from Grangemouth at 10:21 hrs and was last heard from on w/t at 11:33 hrs but did not respond to repeated calls from 11:55 hrs. The aircraft failed to return after flying in formation between Cupar and Leuchars in Fife. Pilot Offr Sly was found in his burnt out aircraft at Maddy Moss in the Ochil Hills north-west of Dollar in Clackmannanshire".
Pilot Officer - '403078' - Royal Australian Air Force- 58 OTU Grangemout
Son of Kenneth Willis Sly and Ruth Alice Walker Roberts of Richmond, New South Wales.,
"On the 17th October 1941, Spitfire 1A Serial X4904 flown by Pilot Offr Sly took off from Grangemouth at 10:21 hrs and was last heard from on w/t at 11:33 hrs but did not respond to repeated calls from 11:55 hrs. The aircraft failed to return after flying in formation between Cupar and Leuchars in Fife. Pilot Offr Sly was found in his burnt out aircraft at Maddy Moss in the Ochil Hills north-west of Dollar in Clackmannanshire".


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