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Blenheim IV V5852 crashed in the North Sea on 15/7-1941.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 1403 Meteorological Flight.
T/O 05:15 Bircham Newton. OP: Met flight.
The aircraft must have crashed in the North Sea since the body of Pilot Sgt.
Ronald F. Culley was found drifted ashore near Siltoft on 19/9. He was laid to
rest in Tønder cemetery on 21/9 1941 a German Field priest officiating at the
graveside ceremony.
Observer Sgt Frank Elliot and W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Leslie H.
Anderson have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Culleys grave in Tønder

Sources: FAF, CWGC.
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