REASON FOR LOSS:
Took-off from R.A.F. Biggin Hill p.m. for a combat patrol. Shot down in combat with Bf109 over Hawkinge at 4.40 p.m. Aircraft crashed and burned out in Bartholomews Wood, Postling Wents, near Hawkinge, Kent. Aircraft a write-off.
Burial Details:
Flying Officer Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson 40563. Royal Air Force Age. 21.
Parkstone Cemetery Poole, Dorset. Sec. E. Grave 46.
Son of John Francis and Daphne St. George Sefton Pattinson, of Fordingbridge, Hampshire.
Page construction and research by David King. Other sources, Battle of Britain Then and Now, Grave photo Mr. Bob.
