REASON FOR LOSS:

Took-off from Honiton airfield on ferry flight to base, Mount Farm, Oxfordshire. (Station No.234)
Augered into tree tops near Greenfield Farm, just over a mile south east of Watlington. Reason unknown.

7th PG F5.(King)


2nd Lt. Earl V Skiff in his F5.(King)


2nd Lt. Earl Skiff's watch recovered from the crash site. (Croft)

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Left:Woodland area where Earl's F5 crashed. Right: This tree can still be found at the crash site. It still caries the inscription, Clarence Abbot Laing. West Virginia.Dated the 20th Jan 1944, the day after the crash, it is believed to have been left by one of the US soldier’s guarding the wreck.(Croft)

BURIAL DETAILS:
2nt Lt Earl V Skiff was first buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Surry, England, 5108 North, 9th Avenue.
In January 1949 he was repatriated to the U.S.A. and now rest in peace, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.

Researched by David King, Melvin Brownless and Mike Croft.

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