Date: 12th May 1940
Unit: No.105 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Fairy Battle I
Serial: K9485
Code: GB -
Location: Bouillon, Luxembourg.
Pilot: Pilot Officer Tom Hurst 33388 R.A.F. Age 22. Killed
Navigator: Sergeant William Anning 525720 R.A.F. Age 26. Killed
Radio/Op: LAC Clifford Wells 551357 R.A.F. Age 19. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Take off 14.30 from Villeneuve-les-Vertus to attack St.Hubert.
This aircraft is believed to have been shot down, all three crew members perished in the crash.
The wreckage of Battle I K9485 on a hill side near Bouillon, Luxembourg (archives)
Burial Details:
Pilot Officer Tom Hurst. Bouillon Cemetery. North-west part.
Son of Edgar James Hurst, M.A., and Elizabeth Hurst, of Purley, Surrey. (Awarded King's Gold Medal, R.A.F. College, Cranwell. 1938.)
Sergeant William Anning. Bouillon Cemetery. North-west part.
Husband of Vera Jessie Anning, of Heavitree, Exeter.
LAC Clifford Wells. Bouillon Cemetery. North-west part.
Son of William Albert and Harriet Holloway Wells, of Reading, Berkshire.
With thanks to the following: The superb work of the C.W.G.C. "Fighter Command Losses" - Norman Franks.
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