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Eltringham, G., Sgt., 1942
In Heverlee War Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 986416 Sergeant George Eltringham, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died 02/04/1942.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Eltringham was killed when Vickers Wellington III X3425 of 57 Squadron was lost on a mission to Hanau. The cause and crash site are not known, but all six crew member lost their lives.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1942; W.R. Chorley; 1994; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 89 X, page 58

He is remembered in Blaydon on B111.08, in Durham on D47.052, at Gateshead on G39.011 and at Marley Hill on M34.02


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Eltringham

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk