See also

Alfred Clifford Overett (1923-1945)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1923

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

  • Death:

  • 5 Jan 1945 (age 22)

  • Steinhude, Lower Saxony, Germany2,3,4,5,6

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  • , a Flight Sergeant no 1614940 serviing as a wireless operator and air gunner with 77 squadron RAF Volunteer Reserve. He was flying in Halifax MZ360 KN-A which took off from Full Sutton in East Riding of Yorkshire at 16:48 and crashed at about 19:25

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Hanover War Cemetery, Harenburger Meile, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany6

  •  

  • Flight Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) no:1614940 of 77 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, son of Doris Louise Overett of Ipswich Suffolk

     

  • War Memorial:

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  • Ipswich War Memorial and Cenotaph, Christchurch Park, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1923 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1743. Cit. Date: 20 October 2017.

2.

War memorial. Main memorial Christchurch Park, Ipswich.

3.

GRO WAR DEATHS R.A.F.ALL RANKS (1939 to 1948) Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). page:13. Cit. Date: 20 October 2017.

4.

77 Squadron Association, (on-line at www.77squadron.org.uk). Roll of Honour. Cit. Date: 20 October 2017.

5.

Ipswich War Memorial web site, (on-line at www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk). Cit. Date: 23 July 2019.

6.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). grave ref I.E.6. Cit. Date: 23 July 2019.

7.

Ipswich War Memorial web site, (on-line at www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk). Cit. Date: 18 December 2020.