Name/Title
97/Deverill Crew: Crew photographEntry/Object ID
2021.500.97Description
Deverill and crew, 97 Squadron. (2 images)Context
Deverill with his crew around October 1942 and the end of their first tour with Bomber Command.
At least four of these men were with him at the time of the fatal crash on 17 December.
CREW on 16/17 December 1943
Pilot: S/L Ernest Alfred Deverill
Buried in Docking (St Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk
Flight Engineer: F/S Alexander Russell
Buried in Epsom Cemetery
Navigator: P/O John Thomas Brown
Buried in Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery
Bomb Aimer: F/S Francis Roy Farr
Buried in Windsor Cemetery
W/Op: F/S Ralph Crossgrove, RNZAF
Buried in Cambridge City Cemetery
Mid-Upper Gunner: W/O James Benbow
Severely injured, treated Ely Hospital and East Grinstead
Rear Gunner: W/O Donald Jamieson Penfold
Buried in Worthing (Durrington) Cemetery
First Photograph, L-R: Ralph Crossgrove, James Benbow, unknown, unknown, Ernest Deverill, unknow, unknown.Collection
97 Squadron, The Bombing War: 16/17 December 1943, YDEV: ERNEST DEVERILL COLLECTIONCategory
QAI: Personal photographs