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Derek Vincent Osborne | |||
| Rank: | Sergeant (Pilot) | Number: | 998686 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Air Force Volnuteer Reserve | ||
| Died: | 21/09/1941 | Age: | 25 |
| How Died: | Killed i Action | ||
| Country of burial: | No known grave | ||
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Runnymede Memorial, Surrey | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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Born during the December quarter 1915 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/282, the son of Samuel & Mary Christina Osborne (nee Murphy), Ansdell, Lancashire. On the 15th April 1941, the 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron was based at Ayr, detached to Montrose, Scotland. On the 10th July 1941, they were moved to RAF Kenley and from August of that year they were flying Spitfire Mk IIAs. From Wikipedia - The codename Circus was given to operations of British Royal Air Force during World War II where bombers, heavily escorted by fighters, were sent over continental Europe to bring enemy fighters into combat. These were usually formations of 20 to 30 bombers escorted by up to 16 squadrons of escort fighters. Bomber formations of this size could not be ignored by the German Luftwaffe. He was flying from RAF Kenley, in a Circus Mission to France when he was attacked by enemy aircraft. Commemorated on the family grave in Sale (Brooklands) Cemetery. He was flying from RAF Kenley, in a Circus Mission to France when he was attacked by enemy aircraft. Commemorated on the family grave in Sale (Brooklands) Cemetery. | |||
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