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Sergeant Victor H. Stringer, Flight Engineer, RAF
Sergeant Victor H. Stringer, Flight Engineer, RAF
Status: KIA
Date of Birth: ?
Date of Death: October 23, 1944
Place of Birth: ?
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Victor Stringer was born in late 1924, the son of Archie Stringer and his wife Mona, nee Wilson.
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Victor was a flight engineer with the rank of Sergeant in 625 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. On 23rd October 1944 he took off in a Lancaster bomber LM691 at 16.31 from RAF Kelstern in Lincolnshire on a bombing raid to Essen. When returning to base about 21.00 there was a mid-air collision with a Halifax bomber and both planes exploded, with the wreckage being scattered over fields 2km south-east of Aachen. There was only one survivor, Squadron-Leader C.W.C. Hamilton, the other 6 crew losing their lives. Victor was later re-interred in Hotton War Cemetery in Belgium.
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