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Sergeant Sydney Abel

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Sergeant Sydney Abel Veteran

Birth
Stretford, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
Death
1 May 1943 (aged 20–21)
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
17. B. 12.
Memorial ID
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1335643 Sergeant [Pilot] Sydney Abel
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
106 Squadron.
Aged 21.

son of Hugh Stanley Abel and Lily Tuggett Abel, of Stretford, Lancashire.

Sydney was the pilot of a Lancaster bomber which crashed whilst on a mission to attack the Krupps steelworks at Essen.

The story of the flight is noted at the following site, The Aircrew Remembrance Society, noted under the name of the pilot Sydney Abel

The crew of the Avro Lancaster Mark 1, ED 451, Code ZN-O, all of whom are buried in Reichswald Cemetery, were
Pilot: Sydney Abel
Flight Engineer: John Gordon Alderson
Pilot/Navigator: Vincent Anthony Nono
Pilot/Air Bomber: Stanley Plaskett
W'less Op/Air Gnr: Charles Malcolm Harrower
Air Gunner: Alfred Lionel Barber
Air Gunner: Douglas Brown
1335643 Sergeant [Pilot] Sydney Abel
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
106 Squadron.
Aged 21.

son of Hugh Stanley Abel and Lily Tuggett Abel, of Stretford, Lancashire.

Sydney was the pilot of a Lancaster bomber which crashed whilst on a mission to attack the Krupps steelworks at Essen.

The story of the flight is noted at the following site, The Aircrew Remembrance Society, noted under the name of the pilot Sydney Abel

The crew of the Avro Lancaster Mark 1, ED 451, Code ZN-O, all of whom are buried in Reichswald Cemetery, were
Pilot: Sydney Abel
Flight Engineer: John Gordon Alderson
Pilot/Navigator: Vincent Anthony Nono
Pilot/Air Bomber: Stanley Plaskett
W'less Op/Air Gnr: Charles Malcolm Harrower
Air Gunner: Alfred Lionel Barber
Air Gunner: Douglas Brown

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  • Maintained by: John
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56032035/sydney-abel: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant Sydney Abel (1922–1 May 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56032035, citing Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Maintained by John (contributor 47032041).