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Operation: Training
Date: 27th June 1943 (Sunday)
Unit: No. 748 Squadron Fleet Air Arm
Type: Spitfire Va
Serial: R6887
Code: -
Base: HMS. Vulture, St. Merryn
Location: Treginegar, near St Issey
Pilot: Lt. (A) Arthur Robert Street RNZNVR Age 25. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
During a training flight with another aircraft from the Squadron when flying at 800 ft collided with Hurricane IIc NF716 flown by Sub. Lt (A) Jones.
R6887 crashed and caught fire at Treginegar, near St Issey some 2 miles south south east of the airfield at 14:14 hrs.
Hurricane NF716 crashed at Treville-Dor Farm, St Ervan killing Sub. Lt (A) Jones.
Burial details:
Lt. (A) Arthur Robert Street. St. Merryn Churchyard. Grave 8. Born on the12th December 1917 at Fielding, the son of Robert Edward and Johanna Wilhelmina Street (née Ackerman) of Fielding, Wellington, New Zealand. A postman for P and prior to enlisting on the 18th December 1940.
Sub. Lt. (A) Stanley Arthur Jones. St. Merryn Churchyard. Grave 9. Son of Thomas J. Jones and Ethel M. Jones, of Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Grave inscription: 'Treasured Memories Are All We Have Left Of Our Son We Loved And Will Never Forget'.
Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to Jenifer Lemaire and to the extensive research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland Library Heritage Collection, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below:
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