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:21/09/1941Age:25
How Died:Killed i Action
Country of burial:No known grave
Cemetery or Memorial:Runnymede Memorial, Surrey
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
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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