RAF hero's name added to Bangor war memorial

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 18 Oct, 15:31 · Archive

Flight Lieutenant Brian Kenneth Levinge Fuge, who died in 1945, will be commemorated on Bangor War Memorial.

Ards and North Down Borough Council has agreed to add the name of Flight Lieutenant Brian Kenneth Levinge Fuge to the existing war memorial at Ward Park in Bangor. The council will design, procure and install an additional plaque in keeping with the existing memorial plaques.

Fuge, of 541 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died on 19 March 1945, aged 28, while flying daylight photographic reconnaissance sorties over Bremen and Berlin. He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at the Runnymede Air Force Memorial at Cooper's Hill in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey. Fuge joined the RAF in 1938 and served with distinction across a varied wartime career. He was shot down on 13 June 1940 and held as a prisoner of war until spring 1941, before being redeployed to operational duties.

Fuge's local connection is that he was the husband of Olive Fuge of Bangor, County Down, where he lived. The council's Environment Committee determined that his service record provided clear grounds for local commemoration.

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• War memorial to get extra plaque to accomodate name of Bangor WWII heroA Second World War RAF hero who was tragically killed months before VE day will have his name added to the war memorial in Bangor.News Letter · 18 Oct, 14:57
• RAF Second World War hero to be added to war memorial in BangorFlight Lieutenant Brian Kenneth Levinge Fuge was a prisoner of war, escaped and returned to serviceBelfast Live · 16 Oct, 16:30

In this story: Flight Lieutenant Brian Kenneth Levinge Fuge · Ards and North Down Borough Council · Bangor · Royal Air Force · Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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