Sergeant (pilot) Edward Mansel Roberts, 1624053

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  • Unit - Royal Air Force
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  • Died - 13/08/1944
  • Age - 20

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Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Edward was the son of Wilfred and Martha Roberts of Buckley, North Wales. He completed 140 flying hours of which 23 were on Wellingtons. He is buried in the Non-conformist Cemetery in Buckley, North Wales
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Taken from the Melton Mowbray Wellington Bomber crash site memorial, 2018

Photograph courtesy of Royal Air Forces Association website:
https://www.rafa.org.uk/melton-mowbray/what-we-do/we-will-remember-them/wellington-ln281-memorial

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - Non-Combat Deaths, World War II
  • Cause of death - Flight accident
  • Place of death - Melton Mowbray
  • Burial Place - Non-Conformist Cemetery, Buckley, north Wales
  • Other Memorials - Melton Mowbray Wellington Bomber Crash site

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