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ARMSTRONG, Alfred

Personal Information
Rank AC2
Forename(s) Alfred
Surname Armstrong
Gender M
Age 27
Decorations
Date of death 03-10-1940
Next of kin Son of Jack W. Armstrong and Jessie M. Armstrong, of Middlesbrough.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft
Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Middlesbrough (Linthorpe) Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. C. Grave 7943..
Epitaph THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO ALL THEM THAT CALL UPON HIM PSALM 145.18
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 3
Enlistment information
Service Number 997488
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 6
Squadron 11 OTU
Trade (Uncertain)
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Evening Despatch October 9th 1940: "DROWNED R.A.F. MAN MYSTERY. A verdict of death by drowning was recorded today at an adjourned Westminster inquest on Alfred Amrstrong, aged 27, R.A.F. mechanic, whose body had been recovered from the Thames near the Houses of Parliament. He had been absent without leave for five days. A Thames policeman said that Armstrong's cap and respirator had not been found. His home was at Middlesbrough."