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CLARKE, George

Aircraftman 1st Class
1240138
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
3201 Servicing Commando. Killed in a Bedford lorry which was hit by gunfire by a German Messerschmitt Bf109 strafing the airstrip at Souk el Arba. Husband of Lillian S. Clarke, of Peckham, London.
 
Sources
CWGC.

CROFTS, Jack Henson

Leading Aircraftman
1678283
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
3207 Servicing Commando. Lost in HMS LCT 715 which was torpedoed by an E-boat on the approach to Juno Beach 7 June 1944 during the Normandy invasion. Son of Herman Edwin and Mabel Crofts, of Sheffield.
 
Source
CWGC.

DOWNS, Norman

Leading Aircraftman
RAF Servicing Commando
Pre war employed as an Apprentice Engineer residing in Two Ball Lonnen, Newcastle.
 
Sources
21st birthday wishes in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle 6 September 1943.

GALLAGHER, Stanley Arthur

Leading Aircraftman
1035703
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service

3201 Servicing Commando. Killed in a Bedford lorry which was hit by gunfire from a German Messerschmitt Bf109 strafing the airstrip at Souk el Arba. Son of William James Gallagher and Annie Gallagher, of Tooting, Surrey.

GRESHAM, Kenneth Bernard

Aircraftman 1st Class
1432956
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
Served 3201 Servicing Commando. Killed on a tractor which was hit by a Spitfire of 402 Sqn as it was taking off at RAF Friston. Son of Charles Bernard and Elsie May Gresham. of Finchley.
 
Sources

LANSDOWNE, Leonard Charles

Leading Aircraftman
1384610
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service

3206 Servicing Commando. Died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Beauvais on 11 September 1944. Son of Joseph and Charlotte M. A. Lansdowne; husband of Marie Alice Lansdowne. of Chingford. Essex.

LEWIS, Sidney Richard

Sidney Lewis RAF Servicing Commando
Leading Aircraftman
1715929
RAF Servicing Commando
Leading Aircraftman Sidney Lewis served in 3209 Servicing Commando Unit, Royal Air Force.
Service timeline
11 September 1941 enlisted into the Royal Air Force aged 18 having previously been in the Auxiliary Fire Service.

MOORE, Harold

Corporal
649555
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
3232 Servicing Commando. Accidentally drowned while on bathing parade at Givat Olga beach, Palestine. Son of James and Lily Moore. of Bolton. Lancashire.
 
Sources
CWGC.
War Deaths RAF (all ranks) 1939-48, Volume 10, General Register Office.

PICKERING, Benjamin

Sergeant
612453
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
3201 Servicing Commando. Son of Robert and Ethel Pickering, of Ackworth, Yorkshire.
 
Sources
CWGC.
War Deaths RAF (all ranks) 1939-48, Volume 11, General Register Office.

SKEGGS, Edward John

Aircraftman 1st Class
1460523
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
3209 Servicing Commando. Lost at sea during the Normandy landings.
Son of Edward Henry and Alice Rose Skeggs, of Manor Park, Essex.
 
Sources
CWGC.
War Deaths RAF (all ranks) 1939-48, Volume 13, General Register Office.

SWALLOW, Owen William

Leading Aircraftman
1312615
RAF Servicing Commando
Died on war service
3205 Servicing Commando. Fell into a river and drowned. 
Son of Leonard Reginald and Daisy Swallow, of Enfield, Middlesex.
 
Sources
CWGC.
War Deaths RAF (all ranks) 1939-48, Volume 13, General Register Office.

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