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Flying Officer Geoffrey O'Connell

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Flying Officer Geoffrey O'Connell

Birth
East Boldon, Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
8 Dec 1942 (aged 22)
Penton Mewsey, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England
Burial
Kirby Hill, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Row 3. Grave 11.
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FLYING OFFICER GEOFFREY O'CONNELL
Service Number: 66500
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 296 Sqdn.
Died 08 December 1942
Age 22 years old

Son of William Maximus O'Connell and Minnie O'Connell, of Gayles.

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, 296SQ: On the 8th of December 1942, the aircraft became lost and crashed along the edge of the beech trees at Penton Mewsey.
Crew killed:
Flying Officer Robert Leslie EWERT (414383) Pilot
Flying Officer Geoffrey O'CONNELL (66500) Air Gunner
Sergeant Egbert Julian WATERMAN (1380183) Wireless Op
Flight Sergeant John Eli WESTFIELD (920868) Navigator
FLYING OFFICER GEOFFREY O'CONNELL
Service Number: 66500
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 296 Sqdn.
Died 08 December 1942
Age 22 years old

Son of William Maximus O'Connell and Minnie O'Connell, of Gayles.

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, 296SQ: On the 8th of December 1942, the aircraft became lost and crashed along the edge of the beech trees at Penton Mewsey.
Crew killed:
Flying Officer Robert Leslie EWERT (414383) Pilot
Flying Officer Geoffrey O'CONNELL (66500) Air Gunner
Sergeant Egbert Julian WATERMAN (1380183) Wireless Op
Flight Sergeant John Eli WESTFIELD (920868) Navigator

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EVEN IN MIDST OF DANGER
ALWAYS A SMILING FACE.
DEEPLY MOURNED

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