Bottomley,+G

BOTTOMLEY, George Langdon Sergeant, (Navigator) 1437922, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No 207 Squadron, Langar, Notts. Died 26th May 1943, age 20, when Lancaster Mk1 aircraft, serial No ED600, coded EM - P was hit by Flak on operations to Dusseldorf, and crashed at Melderslo (Limburg) , Holland. All the crew were killed. Son of Alban Langdon Bottomley and Pricilla Bottomley of Haworth.

This airman was the only G. Bottomley who was killed on R.A.F operations during the second world war Commemorated on The Keighley Memorial

Einhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Nijmegan, Netherland, Plot JJB - 63

n.b. Not to be confused with a Sergeant G. Bottomley who appears in the Keighley News 12 July 1941 (Photo). of 15 Vale St, Keighley. This airman was possibly a PoW.