Pilot Officer Herbert Laurance Whitbread,42034, 222 Sqdn. RAF: 20/09/1940, Battle of Britain

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Casualty

    Pilot Officer (Pilot)WHITBREAD, HERBERT LAURANCE

    Service Number 42034

    Died 20/09/1940

    Aged 26

    222 Sqdn.
    Royal Air Force

    Son of Herbert Harley Whitbread and Alice Whitbread, of Ludlow.


    INSCRIPTION
    ONE OF THE FEW. "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW"
     

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Whilst passing took new photos
    Road and playing field named after him
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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    P/O H.L. Whitbread killed. (Shot down by Bf109s and crashed at Pond Cottage. Thrown clear but dead)
    1130hrs: Amesbury. Hurricane L1595. 56 Squadron Boscombe Down



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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    PILOT OFFICER HERBERT LAURANCE WHITBREAD
    Service Number: 42034
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Royal Air Force

    222 Sqdn.

    Date of Death
    Died 20 September 1940

    Age 26 years old

    Buried or commemorated at
    LUDLOW (HENLEY ROAD) CEMETERY

    Sec A. Row 1. Grave 29A.

    United Kingdom


    • Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
    • Additional InfoSon of Herbert Harley Whitbread and Alice Whitbread, of Ludlow.
    • Personal InscriptionONE OF THE FEW. "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW"


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