jonheyworth
10th December 2022, 11:31
I have recently had the following civilians who were killed in Aircraft related incidents but who were not commemorated, accepted for commemoration by the CWGC :
Quaow Amissan, James Duku & Peter Essun, all West Africans working at RAF Takoradi, were struck and killed by Blenheim BA388 on 25th July 1942
Ann Helen McLaughlin aged 6 Months & Peter Pearman aged 20, were both burnt to death in a house near Nottingham when a USAAF aircraft jettisoned a full drop tank which hit the house on 27th July 1944
Quaow Amissan, James Duku & Peter Essun, all West Africans working at RAF Takoradi, were struck and killed by Blenheim BA388 on 25th July 1942
Ann Helen McLaughlin aged 6 Months & Peter Pearman aged 20, were both burnt to death in a house near Nottingham when a USAAF aircraft jettisoned a full drop tank which hit the house on 27th July 1944