Reginald Albert Nason

A Sergeant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Reginald died on 11th of April 1943 aged 21. 

Reginald was born at West Ham in 1921, a son of William John Nason and Maud Mary Nason. In 1921 his family lived at 90 Pond Road, West Ham, and by 1939 his parents were living at 654 Longbridge Road, Barking.

Reginald married Gladys Ivy Pavelin, in the Ilford district, in 1940, and she later lived at Gisleham, Suffolk. Gladys remarried in 1944 and in 1945 was living at The Street, Lound. Reginald worked as an agent before he enlisted. 
Reginald was an Air Gunner. In April 1943 he served with 35 Squadron based at Graveley, Huntingdonshire.  

On 11 April Reginald was part of the crew of a Halifax II bomber, number DT806 TL-Z, which took off on a bombing raid to Frankfurt. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter over France and crashed at Fleigneux. Three of the aircraft’s crew survived one evaded capture.  

WITH THANKS TO: Malcolm Barrass