In Memory Of

COLBOURN, CECIL ERNEST

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1913-12-02
Service No:
 580435
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1940-05-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Blenheim IV P6917, took off 1230 from Wyton to position to Abbeville for operation, shot down near Landrecies (Nord) France
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Row C. Grave 6.
Cemetery:
 LANDRECIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Nord
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Charles Allan and Gertrude Wyatt (nee Hawkins) Colbourn, of Wood Green, Middlesex; husband of Jean Melanie Colbourn, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. Born Waterval Boven, Transvaal. Commemorated on Windhoek Leutwein Cross of Sacrifice Memorial, Namibia