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Help track-down a pilot?

Posted by Rob Pritchard on Thu Sep 05, 2002 09:45:38 AM

This is a pretty tricky one. All the info I have is that there was a gentleman called Geoffery or Jefferey or Godfrey with a surname of Law or something similar.

He allegedly flew Hurricanes as he was too big to fit a Spitfire (Could be a wartime 'spitfire snobbery' legend) and whilst assisting a crippled bomber, presumably one of ours, flew into a balloon barrage and was killed.

That's all, no dates, no locations.

Any ideas?

I've checked the Commonwealth War Graves register and can't seem to find a likely candidate. But then, if you died in the UK and your family buried you in the local church would you even appear in the CWGC register?

Sorry it's so vague, doing a favour for an elderly relative.

R

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