Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Died on active service, 25 June 1945, England. Aged 21.
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Ian Walter Jenkins was the son of James and Eileen Jenkins of Addlestone.
Ian was killed on a training exercise aboard a Tiger Moth (DE215) 25 June 1945 in the Lake District. Ian was navigator but was given unauthorised control of the aircraft by the pilot. The aircraft crashed into Ulleswater during a low pass when its wheels touched the water. The pilot survived.
Ian’s body was never recovered. He was just 21 years old.
A board of enquiry criticised the unit for its failures including not removing the control column from the navigators seat.
Ian Jenkins has no known grave and is remembered on the Air Force Memorial, Runnymede, Surrey (panel 275) and on the Woking County Grammar School roll of honour located in Christ Church, Woking.
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Last updated 29 August 2009
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Woking News and Mail
Woking County School magazine
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