Robert Derek Sanford

Rank:Warrant OfficerNumber:578420
Name of Rgt or Ship:British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.)
Died:12/01/1947Age:22
How Died:Accidental
Country of burial:U.K.Grave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Altrincham (Hale) Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
At the age of 16 (newspaper article 04/07/41), he was the Altrincham
Grammar School winner of a County poster competition, advertising the
Technical, Arts & Evening Institutes in the County; he won £2.00

Air Gunner.  Then - post war a Radio Officer.

Died of injuries received in a Dakota aeroplane crash.  Buried 16/01/1947 -
Burial No. 13,049.

Commemorated on the private family (grand-parent's) gravestone in Hale
Cem.

M.I. - "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted".
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