Thanks,everybody, that’s certainly the guy. My wife remembers meeting him briefly when she was a very young girl, and confirms the parents names. She also remembers that he left a son who was 4 years old at the time. I must admit that I’d forgotten about the CWGC website as a first line of enquiry.
Having got the detail of who, where and when I’ll look at the Kew and Hendon websites to see about the viability of visiting to take a look at the recorded details of the accident itself.
EDIT: Having read further down the RAF Commands forum thread it states that the loss was almost certainly due to engine failure, presumably just after take off, so I think I’ll leave it at that. Again, everybody has been most helpful, and I’ve discovered a few useful websites that I did not know about.
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