LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Alfred George PASCOE
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 40746 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 61 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 61 Squadron Hampden I aircraft P4341), off the Netherlands, 30 June 1940, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Nellie Pascoe, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. The remains of a Pilot Officer of Hampden P4341 are buried in Schipluiden. General Cemetery, Netherlands. The casualty is known to be either Pilot Officer A G Pascoe or Pilot Officer A C Ennis
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 9, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
On 29 June 1940, Hampden P4341 took off from Hemswell to attack Geestacht, Germany. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed off the Dutch Coast, killing all four crew members.
The crew members of P4341 were:
Pilot Officer Alexander Campbell Ennis (70896) (RAF) (Observer)
Sergeant James Walter Greig (548517) (RAF) (Wireless Operator)
Flying Officer Alfred George Pascoe (40746) (RAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Fred Pursglove (516705) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
References:
Chorley W R Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1939-1940, Midland Counties Publications Leicester UK, 1992
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 32/4/5