Christopher George TIERNEY

Christopher George TIERNEY. Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) 1325220, Royal Air Force (VR). Stationed at 21 Operational Training Unit at RAF Moreton in Marsh. Born 1920 to Hugh and Ellen Tierney, of Thornton Heath, Surrey. He was part crew of 8 in a Wellington Bomber Z1089 the 7 December 1941 when it flew into trees at Sibford Ferris when the plane was iced up in a snowstorm. He was killed aged 21 and two others also died at the scene. The remaining crew were injured.

At rest in Moreton on Marsh New Cemetery, Gloucestershire.