BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Grave hope for war pilot's family Russell Lyon was piloting Spitfire AR343 when it crashed Name: LYON, ERNEST RUSSELL Initials: E R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flying Officer Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 234 Sqdn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 27/07/1944 Service No: 131529 Additional information: Son of Ernest Hutcheon Lyon and Elizabeth Wright Lyon, of Balerno, Midlothian. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 207. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Here's hoping. Fingers and toes crossed that another can be properly laid to rest and the family gets the closure they rightly deserve.
