1942 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Partington, Rene L---Age: 21
District: Tavistock [Vol & Page: 5b & 417]

142 Squadron's Vickers Wellingon III (#BK281) bomber aircraft, with an aicrew of five, took off from RAF Grimsby for a night-time air operation over Aachen, Germany. On the return flight to England following the operation, BK281 flew into poor weather conditions, making the visibility difficult. The Wellington crashed near Princetown on Dartmoor, taking the lives of four members of the crew and injuring one.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Edward Henry BASTOW,
RAFVR Sergeant James BENNIE,
RCAF Flying Officer George Hammond EDGETT and
RAFVR Sergeant Rene Laughton PARTINGTON.

Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: 1198786
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 142 RAF Squadron; RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire
(Motto-'Determination')

Son of John Laughton Partington and Madeleine Partington of Buenos Aires, Argentina; his brother, RAFVR Sergeant John Claude PARTINGTON, also served and fell during the Second World War.

1942 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Partington, Rene L---Age: 21
District: Tavistock [Vol & Page: 5b & 417]

142 Squadron's Vickers Wellingon III (#BK281) bomber aircraft, with an aicrew of five, took off from RAF Grimsby for a night-time air operation over Aachen, Germany. On the return flight to England following the operation, BK281 flew into poor weather conditions, making the visibility difficult. The Wellington crashed near Princetown on Dartmoor, taking the lives of four members of the crew and injuring one.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Edward Henry BASTOW,
RAFVR Sergeant James BENNIE,
RCAF Flying Officer George Hammond EDGETT and
RAFVR Sergeant Rene Laughton PARTINGTON.

Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: 1198786
Age: 20
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 142 RAF Squadron; RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire
(Motto-'Determination')

Son of John Laughton Partington and Madeleine Partington of Buenos Aires, Argentina; his brother, RAFVR Sergeant John Claude PARTINGTON, also served and fell during the Second World War.