Mission: Gunnery training flight.
Date: 4th July 1940
Unit: No.222 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IA
Serial No: N3294
Coded: ZD-
Location: Near Withernsea, Yorkshire, England.
Pilot: Sgt. Emrys Ivor Lewis 531760 R.A.F. Age. 24 - Killed.
Date: 4th July 1940
Unit: No.222 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IA
Serial No: N3294
Coded: ZD-
Location: Near Withernsea, Yorkshire, England.
Pilot: Sgt. Emrys Ivor Lewis 531760 R.A.F. Age. 24 - Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft dived into the ground out of cloud. (No further details in our records regarding the exact location of crash site. If anyone can add further details we would be delighted to hear from you).
A No.222 Squadron Spitfire starting with exceptional flames from the exhaust stubs.
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Burial details:
Llandinrwig Churchyard, Caernarvonshire, Wales.
Son of Thomas Hugh and Elinor Lewis, of Llannerchymedd, Angelsey, Wales.
Researched by David King & Melvin Brownless with special thanks to Pat Gariepy (U.S.A.), updated, August 2013.