He was one of the 31 victims of the 1952 Farnborough Airshow disaster.
It was reported that not only was he gifted a brand-new camera by his parents for passing an exam at his Fairfield School in Widnes days before his passing, but that he had used his first roll of film to photograph the air show.
He along with Dennis Crompton, D. Deakin, Edward Mercer (then-17) & J. Yates (age not given) were sitting together on a raincoat when the tragedy occurred.
He was one of the 31 victims of the 1952 Farnborough Airshow disaster.
It was reported that not only was he gifted a brand-new camera by his parents for passing an exam at his Fairfield School in Widnes days before his passing, but that he had used his first roll of film to photograph the air show.
He along with Dennis Crompton, D. Deakin, Edward Mercer (then-17) & J. Yates (age not given) were sitting together on a raincoat when the tragedy occurred.
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