The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. W G V Puxley

William George Vernon Puxley was born on 31st January 1920 in Cork, Ireland. His father served in the Hampshire Regiment in WW1.

He was employed as a clerk at West Malling Quarry in Kent when he joined the RAFVR about April 1939 as an Airman u/t WOp/AG.

Called up on 1st September 1939, he completed his training and joined 236 Squadron on 20th September 1940.

Commissioned in March 1942, Puxley was released from the RAF in 1946 as a Flight Lieutenant. He joined the RAFVR in 1950.

He died in April 1984 in Great Yarmouth.