Letter from Ministry of Defence to G Marshall
Title
Letter from Ministry of Defence to G Marshall
Description
To Kenneth's brother in law regarding aircraft crash. Provides details of his grave and surviving crew members; Sergeant S A Langton, pilot; Sergeant T G Welsh, observer; Sergeant J Haworth, wireless operator and air gunner and Sergeant J Johnson, rear gunner.
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Date
1975-09-19
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One-page typewritten letter with annotations
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Identifier
EBrownREMarshallG750901
Transcription
[crest]
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Adastral House, Theobalds Road, London W.C.1
Telephone: 01-405 3434, ext. 7572
Our reference: P369289/42/AR9(RAF)
Your reference:
19 September, 1975.
Dear Mr Marshall,
I am writing in reply to your letter in which you ask about your brother-in-law, the late 1202557 Sergeant Kenneth Richard Pexman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Our records show that Sergeant Pexman was flying in Wellington X3469 of 9 Squadron, which took off, with a crew of five from its base at Royal Air Force Honington at 2330 hours on 30th May, 1942 to attack Cologne. The other members of the crew were:
Sergeant S A Langton – pilot
Sergeant G T Welsh – observer
Sergeant J Haworth – wireless operator/air gunner
Sergeant J Johnson – rear gunner
Nothing further was heard from the aircraft or its crew.
Information received later from German sources revealed that the Wellington had crashed at Rethy, near Turnhout, [inserted] * [/inserted] Holland. Four members of the crew survived but sadly your brother-in-law lost his life.
Sergeant Pexman now rests in [inserted] * [/inserted] Grave 10, Row C in the Antwerp (Schoonselhof) Cemetery.
You will wish to know that his name is inscribed in Vol 7 of the Royal Air Force Book of Remembrance, in St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London.
Yours sincerely,
R.E. Brown.
R.E. BROWN
[inserted] 3
1202557
SGT
PEXMAN [/inserted]
[censored]
[inserted] * Plot II, row H, grave 3.
Letter from Miss A. Smit with photo of grave stone 18/5/81.
* Belgium, near border with Holland
Letter from Miss A. Smit, 4/12/80 [/inserted]
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Adastral House, Theobalds Road, London W.C.1
Telephone: 01-405 3434, ext. 7572
Our reference: P369289/42/AR9(RAF)
Your reference:
19 September, 1975.
Dear Mr Marshall,
I am writing in reply to your letter in which you ask about your brother-in-law, the late 1202557 Sergeant Kenneth Richard Pexman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Our records show that Sergeant Pexman was flying in Wellington X3469 of 9 Squadron, which took off, with a crew of five from its base at Royal Air Force Honington at 2330 hours on 30th May, 1942 to attack Cologne. The other members of the crew were:
Sergeant S A Langton – pilot
Sergeant G T Welsh – observer
Sergeant J Haworth – wireless operator/air gunner
Sergeant J Johnson – rear gunner
Nothing further was heard from the aircraft or its crew.
Information received later from German sources revealed that the Wellington had crashed at Rethy, near Turnhout, [inserted] * [/inserted] Holland. Four members of the crew survived but sadly your brother-in-law lost his life.
Sergeant Pexman now rests in [inserted] * [/inserted] Grave 10, Row C in the Antwerp (Schoonselhof) Cemetery.
You will wish to know that his name is inscribed in Vol 7 of the Royal Air Force Book of Remembrance, in St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London.
Yours sincerely,
R.E. Brown.
R.E. BROWN
[inserted] 3
1202557
SGT
PEXMAN [/inserted]
[censored]
[inserted] * Plot II, row H, grave 3.
Letter from Miss A. Smit with photo of grave stone 18/5/81.
* Belgium, near border with Holland
Letter from Miss A. Smit, 4/12/80 [/inserted]
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence, “Letter from Ministry of Defence to G Marshall,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 18, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/42043.
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