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Alfred Douglas Stafford | |||
| Rank: | Sergeant (Fl.Eng) | Number: | 644879 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 010 Sqn RAF | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Bomber Command | ||
| Died: | 20/08/1943 | Age: | 21 |
| How Died: | Accidental | ||
| Country of burial: | U.K. | Grave Photo: | Yes |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Altrincham (Hale) Cemetery | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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A St. John's Choirboy, he was employed by Luke & Spencers of Broadheath. Volunteered for the RAF in May 1939. A corporal fitter until early in 1943, when he volunteered for flight engineering duties. Alfred was engaged to Miss May Norbury of Cross St, Sale. His brother Stanley was a German POW. Flight Engineer. Killed in a flying accident at Elkington, near Daventry, Warwickshire. Buried 26/08/1943 - Burial No. 11,772. Took off from RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire, for a training exercise in a Halifax Mk II - No. JD119 ZA-C. They lost a propeller and crashed at 23.15 hours some 4 miles SSW of Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Commemorated on the private family gravestone in Hale Cem. His father Patrick, who was in the R.F.A. in the 1st W.W. died on 11/02/1954 aged 69 and his mother, Annie died on 19/04/1975 aged 85. | |||
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