LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Michael Vincent REYNOLDS
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 41617 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 1 Air Armament School (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Air Armament School Westland Wallace aircraft K3911), Lincolnshire, 2 January 1940, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Hull Western Cemetery, Yorkshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold Vincent Reynolds and Anne Elizabeth Reynolds, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
On 2 January 1940, Wallace K3911 crashed at Skidbrooke-cum-Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, when the target towing cable caught the elevators and both crew members were killed.
The crew members of K3911 were:
Aircraftman Second Class John Robert Lewis (626981) (RAFVR) (Target Operator)
Pilot Officer Michael Vincent Reynolds (41617) (RAF) (Pilot)
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
RAF Commands Website