Frederick Thomas LOVEGROVE

Serial Number: NZ412889
RAF Trade: Pilot
Date of Enlistment: 1941
Rank Achieved: Flight Sergeant
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Date of Birth:
Personal Details: Frederick was the son of Orient Ishmael Lovegrove and Dorothy Amy Lovegrove. He was the husband of Pearl Lovegrove.

Service Details: Frederick trained initially at RNZAF Station Levin and ended up with No. 37 Squadron RAF in Malta

Date of Death: Frederick was killed on the 27th of January 1944 whilst flying with No. 37 Squadron from Malta. His body was never found. He was 27 years old
Commemorated:
Frederick is commemorated on the Malta Memorial, Panel 17, Column 2. His name does not appear on any of the Cambridge War Memorials

Connection with Cambridge: Joined up from Cambridge apparently

Sources: A listing of airmen that were at RNZAF Station Levin training as Airman Pilots in May 1941, which was published in Contact magazine in June 1941, and the Commonwealth War graves Commission website

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