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Armed Forces / Re: Flight Lieutenant F R Povey
« on: Wednesday 16 September 20 20:46 BST (UK) »
I just stumbled across this thread doing an online search...
Flight Lieutenant Frederick Robert Povey was my Grandmother's Brother. My Grandfather, Herbert Thomas Harvey Walters, was a Radar Scientist who was in Povey's unit at Malta, and they were close friends. The story passed through my family was that they made a pact to go back and visit each other's families if anything happened to them.
My Grandfather talked of the day Povey was killed. Electronic equipment was in short supply, and they were always scrounging any equipment that they could to keep the radar working. When any plane crashed, they would take anything useful from the wreckage. When the 87 crashed that day, Povey volunteered to salvage what he could from the aircraft, he was apparently due to go on leave shortly. My Grandfather said that the plane was booby-trapped, and rigged to explode. Povey was killed instantly.
My Grandfather went to visit Povey's family the next time that he was in England, and that was how he met my Grandmother.
Flight Lieutenant Frederick Robert Povey was my Grandmother's Brother. My Grandfather, Herbert Thomas Harvey Walters, was a Radar Scientist who was in Povey's unit at Malta, and they were close friends. The story passed through my family was that they made a pact to go back and visit each other's families if anything happened to them.
My Grandfather talked of the day Povey was killed. Electronic equipment was in short supply, and they were always scrounging any equipment that they could to keep the radar working. When any plane crashed, they would take anything useful from the wreckage. When the 87 crashed that day, Povey volunteered to salvage what he could from the aircraft, he was apparently due to go on leave shortly. My Grandfather said that the plane was booby-trapped, and rigged to explode. Povey was killed instantly.
My Grandfather went to visit Povey's family the next time that he was in England, and that was how he met my Grandmother.