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ELSDON-HOWARD, Jospeh

Personal Information
Rank WO
Forename(s) Jospeh
Surname Elsdon-Howard
Gender M
Age 23
Decorations
Date of death 25-04-1944
Next of kin Son of William Andrew and Ivy Elsie Elsdon-Howard, of Finedon; husband of Dorothy May Elsdon-Howard, of Pictou, Ontario, Canada. His brother Robert Ralph also died in the service of RAF (died on the 5th August 1943 when his Wellington bomber of 142 Sqdn based at Kairouan in Tunisia was lost at sea on an operation to bomb Cap Pelero (Messina).
Aircraft Information
Aircraft
Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Finedon Cemetery
Grave Reference Grave 1480..
Epitaph HIS BROTHER RALPH SERGEANT NAVIGATOR,R.A.F. WAS LOST ON AIR OPERATIONS 5TH AUGUST 1943 AGE 20
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase SP
Panel Number 272 (not yet erected on site)
Enlistment information
Service Number 1169882
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group
Squadron 27 OTU
Trade
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss ORB entry 25 April 25 1944, “Motor accident on main Derby-Uttoxeter Road, near entrance to airfield, involving W/O J. Elsdon-Howard and F/Sgt J.H. Sawyer and U.S. Service vehicle. W/O Elsdon-Howard killed, F/Sgt Sawyer seriously injured.”