Anthony Cresswell-Turner
Person details
| Forename(s) | Anthony |
|---|---|
| Surname | Cresswell-Turner |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
| Age | 23 |
| Death | Killed in a flying accident |
| Place of Death | UK |
| Date of Death | 16/09/1946 |
| Year of Entry | 1937 |
| House Letter | C |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments | Son of Air Commodore Turner |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | |
| Prefect | - |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 23 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | UK > Hillingdon |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | King's College, Cambridge |
| Prep School | Hordle House, Lymington |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | November 17 1946. On Sept. 16. 1946, in a flying accident, Anthony Cresswell-Turner,Flt. Lt., R.A.F.V.R (Cocks's, C, 1937-41). Tony Cresswell-Turner is the third to go out of a group of eight who entered the same Social together. They were an exceedingly nice lot, and Tony was no exception. Though handicapped at the start as the result of an injury to an arm sustained before he came here, which prevented him from showing his paces as early or as fully as the others, he soon showed that there was no lack of spirit, and plenty of ideas, in him. Never by nature a thruster or self-seeker, he was. nevertheless anything but colourless, and those who knew him well were aware that his was an interesting mind and personality. After a full and useful career at school. he had a year at Cambridge, and then joined the R.A.F., flying having always been one of his interests. He eventually had a considerable spell of active service as pilot of a Spitfire, until he was shot down and taken prisoner, though his captivity lasted only for three weeks. It is sad to think that here is another who survived the dangers of flying in war only to lose his life by a flying accident in peace, and we sympathise deeply with his people - especially with his father, who is himself in the R.A.F. - on the loss of their very likeable and promising son. |
| Service Number | 152668 |
| Place of Birth |
