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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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92 Squadron Crest
13.09.1941 No 92 Squadron Spitfire Vb W3562 Sgt. Postlethwaite

Operation: Training

Date: 13th September 1941 (Saturday)

Unit: No. 92 Squadron (motto: Aut pugna aut morere - 'Either fight or die')

Type: Spitfire Vb

Serial: W3562

Code: QJ-?

Base: RAF Biggin Hill, Kent

Location: Near airfield

Pilot: Sgt. Frederick Edgar Postlethwaite 1258780 RAFVR Age 19. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

According to the Squadron operation record book no flying during the day due to bad weather conditions. In the early evening at around 19:00 hrs. the squadron were practising formation flying, Sgt. Atkins overshot and went over but survived. However, for no apparent reason Sgt. Postlethwaite dived out of control from 2,500 ft. hitting a house and lost his life.

Above as described - courtesy Michael Taylor, nephew. These were discovered in the personal effects of his sister Barbara Taylor (née Postlethwaite)

Burial details:

Sgt. Frederick Edgar Postlethwaite. Carshalton Churchyard (All Saints) Sec. O. Grave 5A. Son of Frederick William and Alice Marion Postlethwaite and ward of Elsie May Cogger, of Carshalton Beeches, Sutton, England. Grave inscription reads: "Until We Meet".

With thanks to Stephen Hunnisett for research and also to Sam Dorrington for grave photograph. For further details our thanks to the following sources:

SH/KTY 14.01.2019

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Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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