Service Details
Name:
 PHITIDIS
Given Name:
 GEORGE PLATON
Initials:
 G P
Service No:
 1317492
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1941-10-12
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Date of Birth:
 1916-06-08
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim L4849 (Mk IV) of 51 OTU (Cranfield) crashed at Colemans Orchard, nr. Cross Keys Cottage, Cranfield, while carrying out local flying. 03.45hrs; moonlight night. Came in to land u/c retracted - went round again and dived steeply into ground. Signs of impact were consistent with early stages of a right hand spin
Additional
Information:
Son of Constantine Haralambou Phitidis and Alexandra Gabriel Phitidis, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Bedfordshire
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Cemetery:
 KEMPSTON CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block J. Grave 28.

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