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SPEARN, Vernon

Personal Information
Rank F/S
Forename(s) Vernon Arnold
Surname Spearn
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 20-02-1944
Next of kin Son of William Arnold Spearn and Beatrice E. Spearn, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
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Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 255..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 245
Enlistment information
Service Number R/153630
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group
Squadron
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Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Possibly killed in an air raid while on leave in London. His body was never found. He was initially posted as AWOL and then as a deserter. His friends, with whom he was on leave in London, supposed in "They Shall Grown Not Old" that he could have decided to become a civilian again. The fact that his name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial suggests that the authorities concluded he had been killed even in the absence of his body.