	THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN LONDON MONUMENT
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The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. V J Wingfield

Victor John Wingfield, from Middlesex, joined 601 Squadron Auxiliary Air Force as an Aircrafthand. Called up on 24th August 1939 he remustered as an Air Gunner and after training joined 29 Squadron at Digby in late July 1940.

He was killed on 11th May 1941 flying with another Battle veteran, P/O PF Freer, when their Beaufighter IF, R2245 of 29 Squadron, crashed on the approach to West Malling, having been damaged by return fire from an enemy bomber.

Wingfield was 25 and is buried in Maidstone Cemetery.

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