HARRY KEY
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour.
Born: 1921, Romford, Essex.
Died: 10th October 1940; age: 18; at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Residence: 1, Bath Cottage, Roden Street, Ilford, Essex.
Rank: Leading Aircraftman; Service Number: 633978.
Regiment: Royal Air Force, 107 Squadron.
Grave Reference:
C.31.29.
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of George Alfred & Rosina Key, of Ilford, Essex.
Father: George Alfred Key, born October 1899, Romford, Essex. An Engine Driver – Sewage Pumping Station.
Mother: Rosina Key (nee Rowe), born October 1899, Bermondsey, London.
10th October 1940
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial number: T1881, based at R.A.F. Wattisham, Suffolk. The aircraft was on a low flying exercise when it hit a tree and dived into the ground at Wicken, Cambridgeshire.
Crew:
Maurice Bywater; Pilot Officer/Pilot; age 20; R.A.F. (Auxiliary Air Force)
Richard Perry Adlam; Sergeant/Observer; age 20; R.A.F.
Kenneth Angus Brooker; Sergeant/Wireless Operator; age 19; R.A.F.V.R.
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