B-17 CC Additional Material by Robert M Stitt

F/Sgt James Kendel Thrower, age unknown.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1435458.
Son of Arthur and Emma Elizabeth Thrower of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire; husband of Janet
Thrower of Hucknall.
Panel 286, Runnymede, Surrey.
W/O Edgar Stanley Newark, age: 25.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 1331073.
Son of James William and Alice Newark; husband of Doris Rose Newark of Enfield, Middlesex.
Panel 285, Runnymede, Surrey.
Sgt David Thomas Brown, age: 20.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service No: 3031563.
Son of David George and Margaret Eleanor Brown of Leytonstone, Essex.
Panel 286, Runnymede, Surrey.
Survivors:
Flg Off Peter Merrett Williams, Service No. 198318 (Captain)
F/Sgt Victor Charles ‘Tinker’ Taylor , Service No. 1801093 (Second pilot)
W/O Peter William Collett, Service No. 1604803 (Flight engineer)
The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede is located in the District of Egham, Surrey, England, and
overlooks the valley of the River Thames. It commemorates by name over 20,000 airmen who were
lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom, Iceland, the Faeroe
Islands, Northern Ireland and the Azores, and from bases on the Continent of Europe and who have no
known graves. They served in Bomber, Fighter, Coastal, Transport, Flying Training and Maintenance
Commands, and came from all parts of the Commonwealth. Some were from countries in continental
Europe which had been overrun but whose airmen continued to fight in the ranks of the Royal Air Force.
The memorial was designed by Sir Edward Maufe with sculpture by Vernon Hill. The engraved glass
and painted ceilings were designed by John Hutton and the poem engraved on the gallery window was
written by Paul H Scott.
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