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MORPETH

Ainsley, A., Sgt., 1945

Photo: Brian Chandler

In Morpeth (St.Mary’s) Churchyard is the Commonwealth War Grave of :

1596266 Sergeant
A. Ainsley
Air Gunner
Royal Air Force
21st February 1945 age 23

Beloved son
of Ella Ainsley

Sgt. Ainslie was serving with 158 Squadron. He was a crew member of Halifax III MZ813 NP-Y which took off from Lissett on a mission to Worms. The aircraft crashed in Suffolk, killing four crew and injuring three.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1945; W.R. Chorley; 1998; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 92 X

He is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01 and in a Book of Remembrance page 4


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Ainsley

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

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