Identity
Person No.
10257
Service No.
778346
Last Name
First Name
Verner James
Initials
V J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, was a crewman of Hampden bomber AD783 when it departed RAF Station Wigsley at 2345 hours 12 Feb 42 to lay mines in the Wangerooge area off Emden, Germany. When the port engine began spluttering the aircraft turned back for Wigsley. On its downwind circuit at 0155hrs 13 Feb 42 the aircraft crashed and caught fire near Eagle village, 10km SW of Lincoln. All the crew were killed in the crash
Grave Reference
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Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of James and Eileen Lavinia Hopwood; husband of Flora Elizabeth Hopwood, of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. Of Southern Rhodesia.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project