Pilot Officer Victor Eric George PHILLIPS (62301) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Blenheim IV V6316
AIR81/6784

Death of Death 1941-06-07 Age : 22 years.

Served in 105 Sqdn

Burial/Commemoration Details : Panel 34. at Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (Map)

More Details: SON OF GEORGE AND ALICE PHILLIPS, OF HOVE, SUSSEX.

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Number	Name /Text	London Gazette Details
162301	1581126 Leslie Arthur Gordon CUNNINGTON	London Gazette supplement : 36462 , Dated 1944-04-07 , Download #36462
162301	A G CUNNINGTON	London Gazette supplement : 36692 , Dated 1944-09-05 , Download #36692

Citation	AIR81 Casualty File Description	Link
AIR81/6784	Pilot Officer L S Clayton, Pilot Officer V E G Phillips, Sergeant A J Stiddard: missing believed killed; aircraft failed to return from operational flight, Blenheim V6316, 105 Squadron, 7 June 1941.	C16756081

Date: 07 Jun 41 Aircraft: Blenheim IV V6316 Unit 105 Sqdn Airfield /Crash Location , Sea
Details	Took off 1755 from Swanton Morley to patrol Beat 8. Having successfully attacked a large ship off Terschelling which was left billowing smoke 300 feet in the air and leaving the scene in formation with V6380 they were attacked by a pair of Bf109s.
Source	Henk Welting's Database
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Recorded in CWGC

Rank	Name, Number, Trade & Details	Date	Unit	Country	Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
Pilot Officer	Leslie Sheridon CLAYTON (61217) Blenheim IV V6316 AIR81/6784	1941-06-07	105 Sqdn AIR27	United Kingdom	Runnymede Memorial
Pilot Officer	Victor Eric George PHILLIPS (62301) Blenheim IV V6316 AIR81/6784	1941-06-07	105 Sqdn AIR27	United Kingdom	Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant	Arthur James STIDDARD (1152032) Blenheim IV V6316 AIR81/6784	1941-06-07	105 Sqdn AIR27	United Kingdom	Runnymede Memorial

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