Pilot Officer J.P.S. Packer

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Reference WMO/264538

Address:

St. Mary's Church

St. Mary's Lane

Hertingfordbury

SG14 2LD

England

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Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Other
About the memorial: Memorial to P/O J.P.S. Packer - killed in a flying accident 07/04/37. He was Pilot of 83 Sqn Hawker Hind K6634 that had departed RAF Turnhouse (now Edinburgh Airport), Scotland for a NAVEX when, during developing bad weather it flew into a hill at Queensbury, Dumfries-shire.Scotland. Both P/O Packer and his Wireless Operator / Air-Gunner Cpl P.F. Parker were killed. This was Bomber Command's first fatal aircraft accident of 1937 and the fifth since its formation the previous year. This is the earliest known memorial to a member of Bomber Command in the UK.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN UNFADING MEMORY OF / JOHN / PHILIP STANLEY PACKER / PILOT OFFICER R.A.F. / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE / OF HIS COUNTRY ON APRIL 7TH 1937 / HIS PARENTS HAD THE ELCTRIC LIGHT INSTALLED / IN THIS CHURCH, AND THE BELLS REHUNG, 1938

John Philip Stanley Packer

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