Service Details
Name:
 CASSON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM HARRY
Initials:
 W H
Service No:
 778385
Trade:
 W.Op./Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 102 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-12
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Date of Birth:
 1921-06-24
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Halifax II W7933, took off from Pocklington. Crashed and burst into flames at Lowthwaite Farm Hawnby 9 miles NE of Sowerby Yorkshire
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry and Olive Beatrice Casson, of Inyanga, Southern Rhodesia. His brother, Pilot Offr. John Casson, C.G.M., R.A.F. (V.R.), also died on service. Entered Grey House in January 1934. After leaving School in August 1938, Casson went farming in the Rusapi district, and in October, 1940, he attested in the Air Force and proceeded overseas for training. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Cumberland
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Cemetery:
 GOSFORTH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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