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And their beloved son Frederick Charles R.A.F.
Killed in action August 2nd 1943 Aged 23
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Christchurch Cemetery Newport
Monmouthshire
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Frederick Charles
Daniels
1920
Newport, Monmouthshire
2nd August 1943
On board HA967 Wellington bomber which left their Tunisian scubland airstrip on a midnight bombing run to Randazzo, Sicily and was probably shot down by a night fighter - the plane crashed near Mount Etna with all five crew killed
23
Catania War Cemetery, Sicily
Second World War
Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner)
424 (Royal Canadian Air Force) Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
This plane was part of a concerted plan in the invasion of Sicily
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