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216542 P/O. Alwyne Clarendon Redfern "Laddie" Laundon Royal Air Force 7 Squadron from:Hove (d.21st Dec 1942) Alwyne Laundon, my uncle, was the mid-upper gunner on a Stirling that was shot down over Void, Meuse, France en route to Munich. He was 25. Along with Sgt Arthur Staff, Sgt Patrick Joseph Gillan and Sgt Henry William Frost, he is buried in the communal cemetery at Void. It was not possible to identify the other members of the crew Flt Sgt Thomas Bentham, P/O Donald Martin Howard Taylor, F/O William Alexander Milne and the pilot, P/O John Kitchener Plummer Rumboll, they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Additional Information: My Great Aunt married John Kitchener Plummer Rumboll when he was in flight training at Love Field, Dallas. I found a military record that his RAF id was "R.A.F.(V.R.). 7 Sqdn. 21st" and death date Dec 21, 1942. I then found a Dallas Morning News Article posted to Ancestry.com dated Apr 14th, 1945: "RAF Lieutenant’s Death Confirmed: Confirmation of the death of Lt John K. P. Rumboll, Royal Air Force Pilot officer and husband of Mr.s Genevieve Haney Rumboll of Dallas and Washington D.C. has been received in Dallas, according to Mrs. Rumboll’s mother Mrs. J.W. Robison of 417 South Marlborough. A letter from the British Air Ministry states that Lt. Rumboll’s aircraft, reported missing since Dec 21, 1942, following a raid over Germany, crashed near Void, France in the Meuse Valley and that a Royal Air Force officer serving with the liberation army in France has talked with the local inhabitants at Void, establishing fate of the missing bomber and its crew. Rumboll trained with the first group of RAF cadets sent to thie country, completing his flight training at Terrell. He and Mrs. Rumboll met in Dallas while the school was located at Love Field and were married in August 1941. Born in Buenos Aires, Lt Rumboll was the son of Mr and Mrs E. L. Rumboll of that city. He is also survived by two brothers, C. R. Rumboll of Huntingham, Argentina, and Lt. Ed Rumboll of the British Navy. Charles Convis Reply Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**