WALKER Harry
Died 18 November 1943 Age 20
Buried Carnforth Cemetery
WALKER Harry
Service Record
Flying Officer 151300 Royal Air Force
He was a flying instructor in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He lived at 79 Market St, Carnforth with his parents George Hebson Walker and Mary Anne Jefferson nee Watson
He was killed along with his pupil Robert Barr in a flying accident caused by a faulty compass. He dived into the Severn Bank, near Elmore, Gloucestershire, when control was lost in poor visibility. He was based at RAF Ternhill near Market Drayton.
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.