Portrait of 414549 Flight Sergeant Noel Oliver Boyd Flitcroft, No. 460 Squadron. Flight Sergeant ...

Accession Number P12382.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Portrait of 414549 Flight Sergeant Noel Oliver Boyd Flitcroft, No. 460 Squadron. Flight Sergeant Flitcroft served as an air gunner with No. 460 Squadron, based in the United Kingdom. On 17 June 1943, Flight Sergeant Flitcroft’s crew successfully carried out a bombing operation on Cologne, Germany. However their Lancaster aircraft sustained heavy damage during the operation. The aircraft crashed at Elsham Wilds, Lincolnshire, while flying back to their home base, and all members of the crew were killed. Flight Sergeant Flitcroft was buried at Brigg Cemetery, Lincolnshire.

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