Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
1101868 Ldg. Aircraftman
R. Howard
Pilot
Royal Air Force
28th August 1941 Age 30
Thy will be done
A family headstone reads:-
In loving memory of
Reginald Howard R.A.F.V.R.
beloved husband of Ethel
and dear son of Arthur and Jane Howard
died in a flying accident 28th Aug. 1941
aged 30 years
also of the above Jane Howard
who died 5th Feb. 1955
aged 66 years
also the above Arthur Howard
who died 19th Dec. 1969 aged 80 years
Ethel Howard
Born 6th Oct. 1910
Died 27th April 2007
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
L.A.C. Howard was killed when Miles Master I T8367 of 9 F.T.S. (Flying Training School) crashed while flying night circuits near Tetbury.
Clipped Wings, Volume 1, Colin Cummings, Nimbus Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978 0 9526619 8 6, page 368.
The Sunderland Echo 01/09/1941 carried the following report of his death:
"ROUND TABLER KILLED
Sunderland Round Table has lost the first of its members on active service. He was Sergt. Pilot Reginald Howard (30), formerly of Kingarth Avenue, Seaburn whose death on August 28th – second anniversary of his wedding to a Middlesbrough nurse – has been reported to his wife, now living in Bishop Auckland.
Mr. Howard was for some time manager of the Sunderland branch of L. Hudson Verity, opticians, and was an active member of Sunderland Round Table until he volunteered for flying duties in the R.A.F. about 16 months ago. He had just completed his training as a pilot."
Reginald Howard is remembered in Bishop Auckland on B140.04 and B140.12 and in a RAF Roll of Honour page 50
