He was the son of John George and Mary L'Argent, of Shiremoor, Northumberland.
No 431(B) Squadron Code : SE Canadian. Based at Tholthope and converted from Wellington to B Mk V Halifaxes in July 1943. Moved to Croft in December and began converting to B Mk IIIs in March 1944. Began converting to Lancasters in October. Last Halifax operational mission on the 25th October 1944.
This Halifax was from a batch of 100 aircraft, Rootes Securities Ltd, Contract No ACFT/637, requisition HA3/E11/40. Deliveries commenced April 1943 (EB127). B Mk V EB127-160, EB178-22-, EB239-258, EB274-276.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Flight Sgt. Steven was killed when Handley Page Halifax V EB137 SE-N of 431 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron was lost on a mission to Leipzig, with the loss of all seven 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 417
Tony Hibberd adds:
Halifax EB137 SE-N had departed Tholthorpe at 2339 for Ops Leipzig
It was intercepted at 4500M by a Night-Fighter captained by Fw Karl-Georg Pfeiffer (XII/NJG1) and shot down at 0303 for his 9th Abschuss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 3 Dr Theo Boiten
Also killed aboard EB137 was Flight Sergeant R.R. Steven
