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Platts, George, Flight Lieutenant, DFC, USA AM, 137655, 541 Sqdn., Royal Airforce VolunteerBorn HathersageResidence Bamford.Died 9th March 1945Aged Son of Frances H and Frances M Platts, Bamford Pilot of Spitfire RM631, crashed into sea 8 miles east of Manton (Nr. Ramsgate) Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Panel 265
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Flight Lieutenant 137655. Served with 541 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Photographic Reconaissance Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. He was awarded the DFC (Flight Magazine May 18th 1944) and the Air Medal (USA) on 20 July 1943.

(Information provided by Rita France of Bamford)


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