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Heppell, George Robert 758127 Sergeant number 220 squadron L.G. 26.8.1941.
‘Sergeant Heppell joined No. 220 Squadron in September 1940 and has completed over 200 hours operational flying with this unit. He has been in three air combats in two of which the enemy was destroyed. On 7th June 1941 he was Navigator in a Hudson which attacked a Ju. 88. He fired several bursts from the side guns until a bullet from the enemy aircraft struck a marine distress signal which exploded and started a fire which Sergeant Heppell dive at and managed to extinguish with his helmet. He has always shown considerable skill and devotion to duty both as pilot and navigator.’
Killed in a flying accident Pilot Officer (Pilot) 6.4.1942 age 24. Son of George and Elizabeth Anne Heppel of Newcastle on Tyne. Sold with a couple of newspaper copied newspaper cuttings.
