In Memory Of

GREEN, DENNIS ARTHUR

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1920-05-13
Service No:
 778629
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Unit:
 25 O.T.U.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-09-04
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington X3940, suffered an engine fire on a night cross country training flight, the pilot ordered the crew to bale out, with three complying with these orders. The aircraft crashed into Grimston Park, south of Tadcaster and the remaining two airmen in the aircraft sadly died. The aircraft had left the Finningley base at 2050 hrs and crashed fifty five minutes later
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Row E. Grave 1.
Cemetery:
 KIRKBY WHARFE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Yorkshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of the Revd. Harry Norman Green and Eveline Green, of Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa. Entered Lloyd House in January 1936; after Matriculating in 1938 he went to the Witwatersrand University. He played rugger and cricket for the School 3rd teams. On Plumbtree School Roll of Honour.