In Memory Of
PHITIDIS, GEORGE PLATON
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1916-06-08
Service No:
1317492
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1941-10-12
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Block J. Grave 28.
Cemetery:
KEMPSTON CEMETERY
Localitly:
Bedfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Constantine Haralambou Phitidis and Alexandra Gabriel Phitidis, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
