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Phillip Henry Savage

A Flight Sergeant with the Royal Air Force, Phillip died on 25th of February 1944 aged 24. 

Phillip was born at the Isle of Wight in 1920, a son of Sidney Phillip and Evelyn Beatrice Savage. Phillip’s father died in 1926 and, by 1939, his mother was living at 25 West Road, Caister-on-Sea. Phillip’s uncle, Herbert James Savage, lived at White House Farm, Victoria Road, Oulton Broad.

Phillip enlisted in the Royal Artillery, service number 877898, in 1938 and served with 73 Anti-Aircraft Regiment. On 8 July 1941 he transferred to the Royal Air Force. By February 1944 he was a Navigator serving with 100 Squadron based at Waltham, Lincolnshire. 

On 25 February Phillip was a member of the crew of a Lancaster III bomber, number ED815 HW-P, on a raid to Schweinfurt. Phillip’s aircraft crashed. Two of the crew survived and were captured. 

WITH THANKS TO: Malcolm Barrass

Lived at

Phillip Savage
White House Farm
Victoria Road
Oulton Broad
United Kingdom

52.471414623739, 1.71798215

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Air Forces
Regiment
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
ServiceNumber
658651
Burial/Memorial
Germany
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
5. C. 4.

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