635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Killed in action on 13 April 1944.

Aged 20, the son of James and Margaret Esther Aspin of Burnley, Lancashire.

The Burnley Express of 15 April 1944 reported:-

"Missing"

Official intimation that their 20 year old son, Flight-Sergeant V. Aspin is missing from Air Operations over Germany, has been received by his parents, who reside at 67 Gordon Street, Burnley.

Flight-Sergeant Aspin who has been in the R.A.F. for 2 years was formerly an apprentice slater employed by Messrs. Whitaker and Clegg Ltd., of Hammerton Street, Burnley.

Buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.