DAMBUSTERS Pool, Reginald Howard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pool ​

• FORENAME

Reginald Howard ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1382229 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

5th August 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Douarnenez Communal Cemetery,France Grave 3 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Reginald Kingsley and Rose Mabel Pool,Hornsey,Middlesex​

w.op/air gunner​

Lancaster JB139​

Brest,France (U-boat pens)​

hit by flak and crashed 1159 hours Douarnenez Bay,France​

hit by shrapnel and died of injuries shortly after crash​

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