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Sgt. Albert Victor "Alf" Ansell
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 57 Squadron
from:West Ham
(d.1st May 1943)
Lancaster ED 706 was shot down over Holland, Alf Ansell was the navigator and was on his third raid. The remains of two crew were put into coffins and listed as unknown in the War Cemetery (where most of those lost at Arnham are buried). A couple of graves across is the grave of Flt Lt Lord VC and his crew.