Geoffrey Granger

Geoffrey Granger was born in 1925, the son of Charlie and Ellen Granger, of Kibworth Harcourt.

He was a Sergeant (Air Gunner) and served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, service number 1812335, and one of the crew of ten of a Sunderland 5 Flying Boat, serial VB885 of 302 FTU, that crashed off RAF Calshot, Hampshire. The pilot was attempting to regain the flare path in bad visibility whilst flying on three engines. During a turn to port, at very low altitude, the port wing stalled and the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing the entire crew.

Sergeant Granger was 21 years of age when he was killed on 13th February 1946, and is buried at Kibworth Cemetery, plot reference 1583.

Together with the rest of the crew, Sergeant Granger is commemorated on a brass plaque in St Mark’s Episcopal Church, Portobello, Edinburgh.