Eric Alexander Castle
Memorial: Winterbourne Down - All Saints' Church
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant 967237
Parents: Eric A and Robina Castle
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: Harthill, Lanarkshire Eric and Margaret: 76 Albert Avenue, Glasgow
Date of birth: 1910
Date of death: 21/01/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated on Runnymede Memorial Surrey and All Saints Winterbourne Down Memorial
Age: 30
Further information:
22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Eric enlisted in the RAFVR at the beginning of 1940 and was appointed as a Class F Reservist. Eric was killed when his aircraft Beaufort N1151 of 22 Squadron became lost on a patrol to Terschelling, an island off the Netherlands, strategically important to the Germans. He and his crew were listed as missing in action in January. The status was changed to presumed killed in September. Eric’s brother Colin was killed in an air accident just 2 months earlier.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N1151
http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Castle.htm