wrote on May 8, 2007
My great uncle Ab, A.E.Fowell died 15 June 1943, his nick name was Chick. He kept an autogragh book during the war. I was just curious about the circumstances of his death as I am doing my famity tree. Someone was trying to get the hatch open so he could parachute out but they were unsuccessful so he told them to save themselves and leave him. He was supposed to be on leave that day, flying home but someone else used his name and left for leave in his place. That is the story we were told by the survivors after the war. Thank-you! Kath