In Memory Of

HUMPHREY, CHRISTOPHER MAUNDER

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1943-04-26
Service No:
 608462
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
 RAF Wildenrath
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1972-01-12
Cause of Death:
 Died in air crash, the pilot took off to demonstrate the handling characteristics of the Harrier to a party of Swiss officials. Immediately after take-off he entered cloud and presumably having decided to execute a wing over, he emerged from the cloud in a very steep dive. Although he ejected, the seat was carried into the side of a building and the pilot did not survive.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Sec. L, Grave 84
Cemetery:
 OXFORD (WOLVERCOTE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Oxfordshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Of Chingola, Northern Rhodesia