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Operation: Training
Date: 23rd June 1941 (Monday)
Unit: No. 13 Operational Training Unit. 7 Group
Type: Blenheim IV
Serial: V5751
Code: -
Base: RAF Bicester. Oxfordshire
Location: Ambrosden, Oxfordshire
Pilot: Sgt. Leslie Morley Taylor 1180052 RAFVR Age 19. Killed
Obs: Sgt. Lesley Charles Botterman 929256 RAFVR Age 28. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. William Harvey Kenneth Annetts 922597 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
During a training exercise the Blenheim crashed at 12:50 hrs north of Ambrosden and then caught fire.
All three crew following what was thought to have been engine failure.
Burial details:
Sgt. Leslie Morley Taylor. South Stoneham Cemetery. Sec. M. 3. Grave 142. Son of William Morley Taylor and Ivy Taylor, of 45 Blenheim Gardens Highfield, Southampton. Grave inscription: 'We Thank God For His Life: It Was So Short But It Was Of The Greatest Beauty'.
Sgt. Lesley Charles Botterman. Potters Bar Church Cemetery (St. Mary). Grave 739.
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Sgt. William Harvey Kenneth Annetts. South Tidworth Church Cemetery (St. Mary). S.E. Corner. Attended Portsmouth Grammar School 1930-1935. Son of William Harvey Annetts and Marian Wells Annetts, of Hindhead, Surrey. Private family grave.
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