Photo: Dorothy Hall
1049243 Sergeant
Robert Deacon
Bomb Aimer/Navigator
Royal Air Force
5th May 1943 Age 19
"Vincere aut Mori"
Also in memory of
Signalman Derrick Deacon
Buried in Baghdad, Iraq.
Son of Robert William and Eliza Jane Deacon, of Barnard Castle. His brother Derrick also died on service.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt Deacon was killed when Handley Page Halifax V DG419 'H' of 1663 H.C.U. (Heavy Conversion Unit) crashed on a training flight from R.A.F. Rufforth. The Halifax was practising propeller feathering, but control was lost while closing down the outer port engine, and the Halifax spiralled into the ground near Great Driffield, Yorkshire. All six crew were killed. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses: Vol. 8; Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947; W.R. Chorley; 2003; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 156 3, page 48
He was the brother of Derrick Deacon
The brothers are both remembered at Barnard Castle on B135.19 and B135.22
