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ELDON, Ella

Aircraft Information
Aircraft
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Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Whitehaven Cemetery
Grave Reference Ward 6. Sec. L. Grave 687..
Epitaph IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR DAUGHTER ALWAYS REMEMBERED. JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON HER
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 160
Enlistment information
Service Number 2112312
Service Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 5 Group
Trade Ground
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Syerston
Day/Night raid
Operation AC1W Eldon was killed in a collision with a NAAFI lorry on the Fosseway, while cycling from RAF Syerston to Newark. The accidedent occured only nine weeks after the death of her husband in Lancaster Royal Infirmary. She left their son, John James, born 22 December 1940, to be reared by her devastated parents, Giovanni and Sarah Elizabeth Rossi in her home town of Cleaton Moor, Cumberland.
Reason for Loss