Corporal (W. Op./Air Gnr.) 551160 Frank Preston

Family details:
Son of Frank and Annie Preston, of Denton's Green, St. Helens, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Frank and one other member of the household are redacted. Widowed mother Ann (Annie) Preston born 31/12/1889 an Unpaid Domestic and brother Ronald Preston born 08/08/1913 a Glass Works Labourer are living at 186 Speakman Road, St Helens. Also at the address is John Pendlebury born 28/01/1866 a Glass Packer Retired.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=34]Remembered on St Helens Parish Church Memorial.[/url]

Operational Target: Breda, Holland. Date: 14/15th May 1940 (Tuesday/Wednesday) Unit: No. 44 Squadron. Type: [b]Handley Page Hampden I.[/b] Serial No: P4286. Location: Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant) Holland. Pilot: F/O. Leslie James Ashfield 40198. R.A.F. Age 22. Killed. Pilot: P/O. Charles Douglas Crawley 41380 R.A.F. Age 24. Killed. Obs: Sgt. Wallace Francis McKinlay 581187 R.A.F. Age 23. Killed. W/Op/Air/Gnr: Cpl. Frank Preston. 551160 R.A.F. Age 20. Killed. REASON FOR LOSS: Took-off from Waddington. Crashed at Oosterhout, 8km north east of Breda, Holland. Reason [b]unknown.[/b] [pic]imgs/WW2_headstones/551160FrankPreston_a.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Corporal (W. Op./Air Gnr.) Frank Preston at Oosterhout Protestant Cemetery Photograph Courtesy of [url=http://www.warcemeteries.nl/index.html]Marcel Boven[/url][/caption] [pic]imgs/WW2_headstones/551160FrankPreston.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstones of Corporal (W. Op./Air Gnr.) Frank Preston & Crew at Oosterhout Protestant Cemetery Photograph Courtesy of [url=http://www.warcemeteries.nl/index.html]Marcel Boven[/url][/caption]