Laurie Frampton has not been an easy man to find out about. My usual source, "Papers Past," has little containing his name beyond a few "Official Lists" and the family's announcement.
Laurie, after aircrew training in Canada, joined 75 (NZ) Squadron of the Royal Air Force, which has a very useful website run by the son of one of its members. It is truly a labour of love. There I was able to find the following account of the last mission of Vickers Wellington bomber Z1570 and its crew:
Wellington Mk.III Z.1570 AA-B crashed near the small town of Lingen, 130 miles South West of Hamburg and close to the Netherlands border. It may have been attacked by a night-fighter either en route to the target or on its way back to base. Whatever the situation, Sgt. Johns the captain, was unable to maintain control and a crash landing became inevitable. It was not survivable and all crew members died. They were initially buried at Lingen-on-Ems, but later transferred to Reichswald Forest Cemetery.
Laurie was listed as "missing on air operations" in August, 1942, and then "missing presumed killed" on January 2, 1943.
On January 11 the family made their announcement in the local paper.
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| Photo courtesy of the Online Cenotaph. |
DEATH.
For the Empire's Cause. FRAMPTON.— Sergeant Laurie Albert (Dick), dearly loved son of Harold Albert and Helen Frampton, 118 Yarrow street, Invercargill, killed on air operations over Germany July 29, 1942; aged 20 years. R.I.P. Buried in New Cemetery, Lingen-on-Ems, Germany. -Evening Star, 11/1/1943.
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| Invercargill Cemetery. |
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