97/Kirkwood Crew: Crew memorial wreath card after 17 December 194
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97/Kirkwood Crew: Crew memorial wreath card after 17 December 194Entry/Object ID
2022.1.511Description
Memorial wreath card preserved by Ted Hubbard's family.Photograph Details
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DigitalContext
The Kirkwood crew all died on 17 December 1943 due to fog. The aircraft crashed near RAF Gransden Lodge, in isolated farmland, and caught fire. This card would have been attached to the wreath sent to Ted Hubbard's family with his Union Jack-draped coffin. Similar cards would have accompanied the coffins of other members of the crew. THE CREW Pilot: P/O James Kirkwood Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Kilwinning Cemetery Flight Engineer: F/S Edward George Hubbard, “Ted” Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Croxton (St Paul’s) Cemetery Navigator: Sgt Robert Charles Stewart, “Bob” Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Braemar (St Andrews) Graveyard Bomb Aimer: F/O George Alexander Wigley Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Carshalton (All Saints) Churchyard W/Op: Sgt Ronald George Cleeve, possibly known as “Reg” Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Wyke Regis New Burial Ground Mid-Upper Gunner: Sgt Leonard Madeley, “Len” Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery Rear Gunner: Sgt John Killen Killed 17-Dec-43, buried in Hollinfare Cemetery. Courtesy of Kenneth Bowe and Stanley Holding.Collection
97 Squadron, The Bombing War: 16/17 December 1943, Remembrance & Memorials, YY: JMG DIGITAL ITEMSCategory
QATM: Memorials