Service Details
Name:
 FORD
Given Name:
 FRANK STEWART HEATHCOTE
Initials:
 F S H
Service No:
 60785
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1941-03-25
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Date of Birth:
 1915-05-03
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington Ic R1155, took off for night bombing detail. At approx 1015, the Wellington was seen by other crews, similarly engaged, to commence an attack from which it failed to recover before hitting the sea, some 4 miles N of Kingston, a village overlooking Spey Bay and about 8 miles SE of the airfield
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur James and Alice Eleanor (nee Heathcote) Ford. Born Molteno, Eastern Cape. Educated Selbourne College
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 32.

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