1259050 Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 23.
Son of Hopkin Alexander and Alice née Evans Alexander, of Clydach, Swansea, Wales. They were married in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended December 1909.
The birth of Rhys Alexander was registered in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended March 1919
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was not recovered
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 23.
Son of Hopkin Alexander and Alice née Evans Alexander, of Clydach, Swansea, Wales. They were married in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended December 1909.
The birth of Rhys Alexander was registered in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended March 1919
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was not recovered
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
1259050 Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander.
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 23.
Son of Hopkin Alexander and Alice née Evans Alexander, of Clydach, Swansea, Wales. They were married in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended December 1909.
The birth of Rhys Alexander was registered in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended March 1919
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was not recovered
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 23.
Son of Hopkin Alexander and Alice née Evans Alexander, of Clydach, Swansea, Wales. They were married in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended December 1909.
The birth of Rhys Alexander was registered in Pontardawe, in the quarter ended March 1919
He was a member of the crew of a Lockheed Ventura Mark 11A bomber and patrol aircraft AE 917, of Ferry Command, which went down in the North Atlantic, having sent out an SOS call. It was a twin engined plane, one of which had failed. The aircraft was on a delivery flight and had taken off from Gander, Newfoundland.
His body was not recovered
The crew were,
Pilot Officer Charles de Cardonnel Findlay
Pilot
Pilot Officer John McCubbin
Navigator
Sergeant Rhys Maelgwyn Alexander
Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver
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