143 Squadron's Bristol Beaufighter (#JM279) aircraft, with an aircrew of two, took off from RAF North Coates on a training flight. JM279, flying at a low altitude, crashed near Filey in North Yorkshire and taking the lives of both airmen.
The casualties of this accident were-
RAAF Flight Lieutenant Robert AGNEW and
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Benjamin BLACKWELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 404816
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 29
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 143 RAF Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Son of James and Jeannie Agnew; husband of Edna Mabel Agnew of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial which is in Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
A family grave monument is located here: The North Queensland Garden of Remembrance in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
The casualties of this accident were-
RAAF Flight Lieutenant Robert AGNEW and
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Benjamin BLACKWELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 404816
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 29
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 143 RAF Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Son of James and Jeannie Agnew; husband of Edna Mabel Agnew of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial which is in Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
A family grave monument is located here: The North Queensland Garden of Remembrance in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
143 Squadron's Bristol Beaufighter (#JM279) aircraft, with an aircrew of two, took off from RAF North Coates on a training flight. JM279, flying at a low altitude, crashed near Filey in North Yorkshire and taking the lives of both airmen.
The casualties of this accident were-
RAAF Flight Lieutenant Robert AGNEW and
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Benjamin BLACKWELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 404816
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 29
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 143 RAF Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Son of James and Jeannie Agnew; husband of Edna Mabel Agnew of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial which is in Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
A family grave monument is located here: The North Queensland Garden of Remembrance in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
The casualties of this accident were-
RAAF Flight Lieutenant Robert AGNEW and
RAFVR Sergeant Harold Benjamin BLACKWELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 404816
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 29
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 143 RAF Squadron; RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire
Son of James and Jeannie Agnew; husband of Edna Mabel Agnew of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And he is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial which is in Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
A family grave monument is located here: The North Queensland Garden of Remembrance in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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