W/O Reginald J Fulbrook DFC RAFVR - 103 Squadron and 103 Squadron Conversion Flight - RAF Elsham Wolds - 1941/42.
Killed in training accident at Elsham Wolds - 22nd September 1942 - Handley Page Halifax II - W1243.
Reginald Fulbrook came from Reading and pre war was a RAF Halton apprentice – Course 19.
He qualified as a pilot and completed a very interesting and hard tour with 103 Squadron on Wellingtons in late 41 and the first half of 1942 for which he was awarded a DFC.
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22nd September 1942 - 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Halifax - W1243 - W/O R J Fulbrook DFC and crew.
Location – In the immediate vicinity of the Elsham Wolds airfield.
Whilst undertaking practise overshoots on 3 engines the aircraft stalled in the circuit whilst still on 3 engines and rolled inverted and crashed.
Reginald Fulbrook was the instructor and Nickolas Hrehorak ( pictured below ) the pilot under instruction.
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W/O Reginald J Fulbrook DFC RAF – Pilot - 31 – 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Son of Thomas and Elizabeth H. Fulbrook, of Twyford; husband of Ivy Mary Fulbrook, of Holland, Surrey – Twyford ( St Mary Churchyard ) Berkshire.
W/O Nickolas Hrehorak RCAF ( pictured below ) - Pilot - 23 - 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Son of John and Anne Hrehorak, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – Brigg Cemetery North Lincolnshire.
F/S Frederic Winston Hill RAFVR – Pilot - 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Son of Francis and Lilian Hill, husband of Hazel Alice Hill, of Hall Green, Birmingham – Solihull Cemetery Warwickshire.
F/S Robert Lyle McCulloch RCAF – Air Gunner - 20 - 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Son of Clarence Earl McCulloch and Nora Ethel McCulloch, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada – Brigg Cemetery North Lincolnshire
Sgt John Pennington Wolfenden RAF – Flight Engineer – 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Bootle Cemetery Lancashire
Sgt David Richard Evans RAFVR – Air Gunner – 103 Sqn Conversion Flight - Mountain Ash ( Maesyrarian ) Cemetery Glamorgan.
W/O Nickolas Hrehorak RCAF
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Hrehorak and McCulloch are buried at Brigg Cemetery ( graves pictured below. )
Compiled by David Fell. Hrehorak photo from the the Find a Grave web site.
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