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ABREY, Cyril

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington II
Serial Number W5452
Markings BU-U
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium
Grave Reference Sec. T5. Joint grave 97..
Epitaph BECAUSE OF YOU WE WILL BE GLAD AND GAY The opening line of a sonnet by Maurice Baring entitled Julian Grenfell published in The Times of 5 June 1915, nine days after Grenfell's death.
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 69490
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 214 (Federated Malay States)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-09-1941
End Date 21-09-1941
Takeoff Station Stradishall
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Berlin
Reason for Loss Crashed into trees while trying to make an emergency landing at Manston