Aircraft | |
Serial Number | |
Markings |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hitchin Cemetery |
Grave Reference | S.E. Extn. Grave 561.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 105 |
Service Number | 518689 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 13 OTU |
Trade | |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Bicester |
Day/Night raid | |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | On the 30th November 1940 he and his wife Winifred decided to go on a shopping trip. They set out for the day in their motorcycle combination and on the Oxford Road near Bicester, not far from the airfield where he was stationed, it was in collision with a military truck and Winifred was thrown from the sidecar, suffering only from shock and bruising. Tetlow, however, had been killed instantly. |