Ashtead War Memorials - WWII - P/O Keith Robert Hewson Lindley RAFVR: 12 Sqn

26 Feb 1945: 12 Sqn: Lancaster III PB243 PH-D: Training

Dived into the ground at 1438 near Straiton le Vale, 5 miles NE of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. Sgt Bragg was cremated at Stockport Crematorium while the others rest in various United Kingdom cemeteries. P/O Arthur Alan Hewson Lindley, brother of P/O Lindley, died on 1 August 1942 while flying with 107 Squadron on operations to Vlissingen.

P/O KRH Lindley
F/S RC Abbs
Sgt CB Douglas
F/S EJD Stone
Sgt SA Bragg
Sgt EG Andrews

source: RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War - 1945: WR Chorley

[Normally the Lancaster carried a 7 man crew.]

P/O KRH Lindley, aged 20, was the pilot of the aircraft. He was the son of Maj Arthur Lindley and Winifred Kate Lindley, of Ashtead, Surrey. Arthur Lindley married Winifred K Hewson in Sheffield during 1917. Arthur Alan H Lindley's birth registered Sheffield 6/1920 9c 1302 & Keith R H Lindley's birth registered Sheffield 6/1924 9c 1154. His brother P/O Alan Lindley is also named on the Ashtead War Memorial.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Grave 294 North, LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY

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