Sacriston St Bede Churchyard
Pilot Officer
J. Graney
Air Gunner
Royal Air Force
7th July 1941 age 21
P/O Graney was serving with 10 O.T.U. He was a crew member of Whitley V Z6476 which took off from Abingdon on a night training exercise in moonlight navigation. The aircraft strayed from track and hit a barrage balloon cable near Stratford on Avon. All the crew died.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses Volume 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947; W.R. Chorley; 2002; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 132 6
