Lancelot Dalrymple Sandes (1913 - 1941)
Personal details
Person ID:
11-0270
Gender:
Male
Living:
No
Pedigree:
Notes
Pilot Officer Lancelot Dalrymple 'Mike' Sandes, D.F.C.
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Family
Mother:
Birth
Date:
19 March 1913
Place:
Notes:
He was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
Baptism
Date:
18 April 1913
Place:
Notes:
He was baptised at St Stephen's Church, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
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Death
Date:
26 March 1941
Place:
Notes:
Flying a Bristol Blenheim Bomber Mk IV serial number V6065 returning from a sortie to Brest it crashed in fog at Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset. The aircraft was engulfed and destroyed by fire and all crew were killed.
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Burial
Date:
1941
Place:
Notes:
He is buried at The Commonwealth War graves site at Warmwell, Dorset
Lancelot Dalrymple Sandes (Photograph from the archives of Bedford Modern School)