Blinman, Hugh Cecil
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Hugh Cecil |
Surname | Blinman |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
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Date of Death | 27-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Urban Blinman and Norah Winifred Blinman, of Croscombe, Somerset. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14362. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1716531 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | Bungay |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
This serviceman was detached to Flixton from 3 Group |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Flixton |
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Operation | |
Reason for Loss | The Standard Beam Approach Station was overrun at Flixton airfield by Liberator 42-50306 "Dragon Lady" of 446BG killing two RAF-men in the hut and the entire crew of the Liberator when the aircraft swung off. Second RAF-man killed in the accident was Cpl (Wop) Leslie G. REYNOLDS, 1508795. |