Frederick Herbert Slatford

Sergeant, Wireless Operator, Air Gunner 1183344, Frederick Herbert Slatford. 218, Gold Coast Squadron, RAFVR. Died 30th May 1942 aged 21. Son of Fred and Hester Lea of Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
He was part crew of eight and a Short Stirling W7535 which took off at RAF Marham, County Norfolk on a night bombing operation over Gennevilliers- Gnome & Rhone factory. The aircraft crashed at Colombes in the outskirts of Paris. No survivors.
At rest in Dreux Communal Cemetery, France

Other crew.

Sergeant, Air Gunner 571552 Frederick Armstrong. R.A.F.
Son of Albert Victor and Ellen Armstrong, of Norton, Co. Durham, aged 21.

Pilot Officer, Air Gunner 104401 Stanley Brown. R.A.F.V.R.
Son of Frederick and Lilian Mary Brown. Husband of Kathleen Louise Brown, of Headington, Oxford, aged 29.

Sergeant Air Gunner 642788 John William Davis. R.A.F.

Flight Lieutenant, Pilot 102593 Arthur Wyn Idwal Jones. R.A.F.V.R.
Son of John Idwal Jones and Margaret Idwal Jones, of Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, aged 24. His Brother, David Vincent, also died on service

Sergeant, Pilot 1378284 John Kneeshaw.
Son of Robert and M. Kneeshaw. Husband of Anne Kneeshaw died aged 30

Sergeant, Wireless Operator 979137 Thomas Edward Murray. R.A.F.V.R.

Sergeant, Observer 1257537 Ronald John Craig Young. R.A.F.V.R.
Son of James Bruce and Caroline Victoria Thomson Young, of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, died aged 25

This memorial is located at the Nation Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire