Photo: Dorothy Hall
Son of George and Isobel Horton; husband of Mary Elizabeth Horton, of Billingham.
The headstone reads:-
In loving memory of
Sergt. George Horton
R.A.F.V.R.
Killed in action April 1st 1942
Aged 29 years
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt. Horton was killed when Lockheed Hudson III AE558 of 1428 (Hudson Conversion) Flight was lost on a training flight. The Hudson crashed during a nigh cross country exercise, coming down at 22.35 near Biggleswade, with the loss of all four crew members.
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 196
George Horton is remembered in Billingham on B139.05
