Pilot Officer (Nav.) 175843 Wilfred Abbott

BMD details:
Birth: 4th Qtr 1920 Wilfred Abbott. Mother's Maiden Surname: Harrison Registered at Warrington, Lancashire. Vol 8c - Page 332. Marriage: 2nd Qtr 1943 Wilfred Abbott to Dorothy Owen at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1113.

Family details:
Son of William and Mary Abbott, husband of Dorothy Abbott, of St. Helens, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register. Unfotunately Wilfred and three other members of the household are redacted. Father William Abbott born 22/04/1894 a Coal Hewer, mother Mary Abbott born 08/01/1900 an Unpaid Domestic, brother William Abbott born 03/06/1925 a Newsboy and brother Alan Abbott born 28/10/1938 Under School Age are living at 4 East Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield. Also at the address is widowed John Wright born 15/01/1894 a Coal Hewer.

[u]WILFRED ABBOTT[/u] Son of William and Mary Abbott (Harrison), Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, (m. 7/6/1919 Wesleyan Methodist Mission Chapel, Church Road, Haydock, William, colliery dataller (casual labourer), 377 Church Road, Haydock. Mary, loom? tenter in cotton mill, 130 Bolton Road, Ashton). Husband of Dorothy Abbott (Owen), St. Helens, (m. 10/4/1943 Christ Church, St. Helens, Wilfred, Sergeant, Observer RAF, 4 East Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton. Dorothy, 4 Thorn Road, St. Helens). Wilfred Abbott :- Pilot Officer (Navigator) 175843 RAF (VR = Volunteer Reserve) 431 (Royal Canadian Air Force)Squadron. Killed 18/7/1944, age 23. A Halifax III bomber from RAF Croft, North Yorkshire, attacked railway yards at Varies. It crashed near the centre of Creil, northern France, with the loss of all the crew. The cause of the crash has not been established. MkIII Halifax, serial number MZ628,Coded SE-Y. They were airborne from Croft aerodrome at 15.21 hours, since when nothing was heard from them. There were no survivors. The following were the crew:- S/L Bull, Pilot buried Cramoisy Communal Cemetery P/O Abbott, Navigator buried Cramoisy Communal Cemetery Sgt.Blasko, Mid Upper air gunner buried Cramoisy Communal Cemetery F/O Mitchell, Bomb Aimer buried Cramoisy Communal Cemetery F/S Alp, Rear Gunner buried Creil Communal Cemetery Sgt. Lockett, Mid Under air gunner buried Creil Communal Cemetery F/O Robin,Wieless Operator buried Creil Communal Cemetery P/O Heald, Flight Engineer buried Creil Communal CemeteryCramoisy is a village in France in the locality of Oise. Regarding the crew members that were buried in Creil, it is about 10kms from Cramoisy. ( Listed on Ashton Grammar School; St. Thomas'; Stubshaw Cross Independent Methodist Memorials )