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Skelly, G.A., Pt/Off., 1941
On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 88713 Pilot Officer George Alexander Skelly, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 19/08/1941.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Pilot Officer Skelly, of 111 Sqn, R.A.F. was killed in Spitfire IIa P8428, which was shot down on a 'Circus' operation escorting Blenheim bombers on an attack on railway yards at Hazebrouck.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941; Norman L.R. Franks; 1997; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 055 9

He is remembered in Alnwick on A11.01 and A11.05


The CWGC entry for Pilot Officer Skelly

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