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.