In Memory Of

MANSELL, NEVILLE BRIGHTON

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1922-03-05
Service No:
 160264
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1945-04-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire LF.IX PT624, left 1800, strafed motor transports at Vigevano, SW Milan, struck a house, crashed. He was seen to hit the roof of a house and somersault into the back garden. Nothing further was seen owing to the dust and he was later reported as missing presumed dead.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. D. 12.
Cemetery:
 MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of George Frederick Laurence Mansell and Doris Violet (nee Bailey) Mansell, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born East London. Educated Umtali High School. Attested in November 1939 as ground crew and went with the first contingent to Nairobi. Returned to Rhodesia in March 1943 to train as a pilot and returned to the ME in December 1944.