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Sergeant C E Catterson: killed; Pilot Officer T D Smiles, Flight Sergeant N Avery,...

Catalogue reference: AIR 81/8939

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This record is about the Sergeant C E Catterson: killed; Pilot Officer T D Smiles, Flight Sergeant N Avery,... dating from 1941 Jan 1 - 1942 Dec 31 in the series Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations....

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AIR 81/8939
Date
1941 Jan 1 - 1942 Dec 31
Description

Sergeant C E Catterson: killed; Pilot Officer T D Smiles, Flight Sergeant N Avery, Sergeant E Twelves, Sergeant L R Barber, Sergeant B Lewiss: uninjured; aircraft accident near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, Wellington X9698, 21 Operational Training Unit, 9 September 1941. Missing at transfer

Former department reference
P 362127/41
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16924781/

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