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Mango, Anthony Constantine John, son of J. T. Mango, ship broker; b. 11 Dec. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (H); left July 1938; PO RAFVR July 1943; killed in action over northern France 29 Feb. 1944.
Anthony Constantine John Mango was born at Paddington, London on the 11th of December 1921 the son of John Anthony Mango, a shipbroker, and Marie John (nee Kararodori) Mango of 71, Portsea Hall, Connaught Square, Knightsbridge in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from January 1935 to July 1938.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a navigator and rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 21st of June 1943. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 21st of December 1943.
Anthony Mango and his pilot, Flying Officer Robert Wilgar Offler RCAF, took off from RAF Hunsdon at 9.45am on the 29th of February 1944 in Mosquito FB Mk IV LR403 YH-U to attack a V1 rocket “Doodlebug” launch site at Calleville. As the aircraft crossed the French coast it encountered severe snowstorms and heavy icing. It was last seen flying in a snowstorm at 3,000 feet about one and a half miles to the east of Eurville but did not return from its mission.
Theirs was one of two aircraft from the Squadron which were lost during the raid.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 207.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020. Updated by Bethany Duck, Archives Assistant, September 2022.
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992.
Westminster School Second World War Memorial by John C. Hamblin, 2022.