Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC and other headstones -
- St Lawrence -
- St Lawrence Church : J E Bartrum -

CWGC record ...
 
Son of Edward Stothert Bartrum and Gladys Bartrum, of St. Lawrence. B.A. (Oxon.).
 
Flt/Lt Bartrum served with 161 Sqn at RAF Tempsford, flying Westland Lysander aircraft on S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive) missions. On a training flight, flying Lysander R9106 (MA-K), the aircraft crashed while landing at Tempsford at 12.45 hrs, bursting into flames. Bartrum was critically injured and died after being admitted to the Station Sick Quarters. The aircraft had had technical trouble prior to this, and had flown a total of 479.45 hours.
 
Information provided by : John Bloodworth