Dates:
Spring of 1918. to 28 August 1942
War Service:
Flight Sergeant (WirelessOperator/Air Gunner) BERTRAM ARTHUR WOLSTENCROFT Royal Air Force was killed in action on 28 August 1942 while serving with 218 Squadron.
At 2100 on 27 August Stirling ‘HA-F’ took off from RAF Downham Market to bomb Kassel. The aircraft was shot down by a night- fighter and crashed at 0106 near Elst in Holland.
He is buried in Udem War Cemetery in Germany.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the memorials at St John’s Presbyterian Church, Forest Hill and Perry Rise Baptist Church WW2 Memorial.
Details:
He was the son of Bertram and Clara Wolstencroft and husband of Gladys Wolstencroft of East Barnet, Hertfordshire. He was born in Lewisham in the spring of 1918.
Source:
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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