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YARKER, Percy

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number Z1685
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Over Silton (St. Mary) Churchyard
Grave Reference .
Epitaph ALL YOU HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND- YOURSELF YOU SCORNED TO SAVE (Extract from Hymn - O Valiant Hearts)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 120
Enlistment information
Service Number 1063311
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 91
Squadron 23 OTU
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-01-1943
End Date 29-01-1943
Takeoff Station Stratford upon Avon
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Training- navigation exercise
Reason for Loss Collided with a second Wellington from 23 OTU (X3586), both aircraft crashing near RAF Honington in Suffolk