Spearn, Vernon Arnold
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Vernon Arnold |
Surname | Spearn |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
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Date of Death | 20-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Arnold Spearn and Beatrice E. Spearn, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
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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 |
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Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Miscellaneous Information
He had just completed his operational training and was awaiting a posting, hence there is no entry for squadron in this database |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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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. |