Phillips, Eric Ernest Craddock
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Ernest Craddock |
Surname | Phillips |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest P. Phillips and Lilian Mary Phillips, of Brockley, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | R3751 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Exeter Higher Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. Z.K. Grave 34. |
Epitaph | TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED, YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 84 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 911366 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 13 OTU |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5340 (P357593/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1941 |
End Date | 03-03-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Bicester |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- cross-country flying exercise |
Reason for Loss | At approx. 1130 the Blenheim crashed near Shillingford, a village on the SE fringes of Exmoor and about 7 miles NNE of Tiverton, Devon. Eyewitnesses report the plane diving steeply and with its engines running. |