Service Details
Name:
 JAMES
Given Name:
 RALPH WORTHINGTON
Initials:
 R W
Service No:
 108839
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-11
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Date of Birth:
 1920-11-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane I V7080, Hurricanes V7080 and T9521 – P/O W.R. James (Instructor) and Sgt Carter (pupil of 52 Course). Pilots of the respective machines were killed as the result of a collision in mid air at Balado Bridge
Additional
Information:
Son of Cecil and Eleanor Stansfield James, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Born Gosforth, Newcastle. Entered Lloyd House in May 1934. He left Plumtree in December 1935, and before attesting in the Air Force in July 1940, he was employed with the Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Company, in Bulawayo. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Angus
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Cemetery:
 DUNDEE (BALGAY) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. M.M. Grave 3E.

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