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D. A. Harfield |
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Full Names |
Rank /Unit |
Years at Q.E.G.S. |
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Donald Arthur Harfield |
Leading Aircraftman |
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Date / Place of Birth |
Date / Place of Death |
Age at Death |
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1925 (see footnote) |
Monday 31st August 1942 |
17 |
Donald was the son of Mr. & Mrs. E. Harfield, of Station Road, West Moors.
Don was in the Boxing Competition held in the Summer term of 1938 and, in the Autumn of that year, he was awarded one of the prizes in Form Vl a.
He gained his School Certificate in the Summer of 1939.and was awarded a prize in the Autumn. By the Summer of 1941 Don was in the Royal Air Force and in training as a Pilot.
He lost his life in a flying accident toward the end of his training in the United States, the exact location of which is not known, but he is interred in Grave 6,Row 1,Block 14 of the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery at Miami in Florida. and not, as previously thought , in Oklahoma.
NOTE After initial, mainly ground based aircrew training in the UK, u/t aircrew were re-
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