In Memory Of

PEARSE, ALAN NEIL

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 575535
Rank:
 Leading Aircraftman
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1941-05-16
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Oxford I P1881, while on a test flight the aircraft began to break up starting with the elevator detaching from the aircraft. This resulted in a loss of control and the aircraft hitting the ground. W Cdr. F K Damant and passenger LAC AN Pearse were both killed in the incident
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot 2. Row B. Grave 18.
Cemetery:
 CRANWELL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Lincolnshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Colonel Stanley Arthur Coxon Pearse and Ivy Pearse, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.