Cyril G Street

War Service

Pontefract & Castleford Express 30 July 1943 p3
“RAF SERGEANT MISSING
Mr and Mrs W Street of 3 High Street, Ferrybridge, have received official notification that their son Sergeant Cyril G Street, 20, of the RAF is missing from an operational flight over enemy territory. The notification said the plane was badly hit while over the target and the captain ordered the crew to prepare to abandon the craft. It then received another hit and turned over, and it is thought that Sergeant Street fell through a large hole, and he would escape by parachute. It is expected he will now be a prisoner of war. Sergeant Street was educated at the King’s School, Pontefract, and left five days before war was declared to become a cadet in the RAF. He was at one time a member of the Ferrybridge Church Choir.”
Pontefract & Castleford Express 13 August 1943 p5
“AIRMAN A PRISONER
Sergeant Cyril G Street of the RAF who was reported in “The Express” on July 30th to be missing after an operational flight over enemy territory, is now known to be a prisoner of war in German hands. His parents who live at 3 High Street, Ferrybridge, received a letter from him on Friday in which he says he is fit and well; is receiving good treatment, and is well looked after by the Red Cross.”
(The Pontefract & Castleford Express 20 August 1943 p7 (+ photo) gives the same report)