{"id":5331,"date":"2020-09-09T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5331"},"modified":"2020-12-07T09:44:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T09:44:17","slug":"harris-geoffrey-mark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/harris-geoffrey-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris, Geoffrey Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 British Flying Training School
Service number 923204
Died 17 Sep 1942
Buried Terrell (Oakland) Memorial Park, Texas
Age 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Headstone Inscription
‘IN UNFADING MEMORY OF OUR DARLING GEOFFREY PEACE TO HIS SWEET SOUL’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geoffrey was born on 18 May 1921 in Leeds to Harry and Frances nee Levy and had a younger brother Stanley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geoffrey was based at 1 British Flying Training School in Terrell, Texas. On 17 September 1942 he was involved in a flying accident whilst training to be a pilot. A witness observed his aircraft diving steeply from out of thick clouds. Geoffrey baled out and released his parachute but collided with the tail of his aircraft which caused his death. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n