Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt. Skelton was killed when Avro Lancaster III ED482 of 50 Squadron was lost on a mission to lay mines in the 'Deodar' area, around the Gironde Estuary. The Lancaster was lost without trace, along with all seven of the crew members.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3, page 88
The Newcastle Evening Chronicle Saturday 10/04/1943 reported the following:
MISSING
Sergt. A. G. Cecil M. Skelton, R.A.F., son of Mrs. Gladys Skelton (nee Graham), of 52, Bensham Avenue, Gateshead, is reported missing on active service.
