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Submitted: 9/21/15 • Approved: 4/7/21 • Last Updated: 4/10/21 • R90072-G0-S3
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN
Royal Air Force Volunteer
England
World War II
unknown - January 21, 1942
Casualty of WWII, George was a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Service No:1345200.
He was the son of George and Helen Hanson, of High Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Scotland.
He died while training in Texas at the British Flying Training School (#1 BFTS) aged 20.
Inscription:
"He Had A Nature You
Couldn't Help Loving
And A Heart That Was
Purer Than Gold."
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T.O. {Training Officer} Somerville, Instructor.
His PT-18 crashed three miles north of Kaufman after an engine failure at low altitude.
Contributed on 9/21/15 by tomannkill
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