Flight of Spitfire Va AB961 and Flight Lieutenant E K Heywood on 1944-06-23

On 1944-06-23, Pilot E K Heywood (Flight Lieutenant, RAF) with servicenumber 125517 flew a Spitfire Va with serial AB961 for this duty: unknown operation. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Killed aged 29 on 23rd June 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.Va AB961 of No.26 Sqn was shot down by an enemy fighter near Criqueville. He is buried in Criqueville-en-Auge Churchyard. Son of Samuel Kinder Heywood and Beatrice Alice Heywood; husband of Margaret Heywood, of Sale, Cheshire. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 26. The location for the map is Criqueville-en-Auge, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Heywood: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Cricqueville-En-Auge Churchyard, France.
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