In memory of
Sergeant Lewis Reginald Isaac
Lewis Reginald Isaac hailed from Llanelli in South Wales. He was the only son of James Isaac, a railway signalman and Blodwen Matilda Isaac (nee Davies), of Llanelli, Carmarthanshire. After completing his education at Llanelli Boys’ Grammar School, Reginald went to work for Lloyd’s Bank, and by the late 1930’s was working in the City of London.
He joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in the spring of 1939 as an Airman under training Pilot.
Lewis was called up on 1st September and undertook his training at 9 FTS, RAF Hullavington, before moving on to 5 OTU at Aston Down in July. He escaped uninjured when he crashed his Spitfire on 15 July. He was posted to 64 Squadron at Kenley later in the month. Sergeant Isaac failed to return from an interception patrol on 5 August 1940, his body was not recovered. At the time of his death he was living in Dorset – 191 Bournemouth Road, Parkstone.
Rest in peace Sir and thank you for your service.
Service number
748158Rank
SergeantSquadron
64 Squadron (14)
Airfield
Kenley (226)
Nationality
British (132)
Date of death
5/08/1940Age at death
24Cause of death
WW2 Killed in Action - shot down by enemy aircraftMemorial or graveyard location
Runnymede Memorial (46)
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Just ran the Spitfire 10K today in memory of this man.
In his book Battle of Britain voices, Jonathan Reeves quotes US volunteer pilot Arthur Art Donahue’s memoir. ‘(Issac) was one of the rear guard pilots… he must have seen some Messerschmitts coming up to attack the squadron from behind, had turned back to engage them, and thus, fighting alone to protect his mates, he had gone out in a blaze of glory’.
Just ran the Spitfire 10K run in honor of Sergeant Issac. Thank you for your service and sacrifice sir.
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