Bejoy Mitra

Sergeant Bejoy Krishna Mitra was an Indian airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born the son of Haridas and Sudhansu Bala Mitra, of Calcutta. Mitra, a graduate of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, enlisted in the RAFVR on 6 March 1941.Chorley, W.R. (1992), Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses, p. 228.
Aged 28, Mitra, an air gunner, died on 25 January 1944 when his Avro Lancaster (serial W7823) crashed into trees shortly after taking off from RAF Upwood. The Lancaster had failed to attain a sufficent height and burst into flames. All ten of the Lancaster's crew, who had been conducting a target indicator exercise under the auspices of the Pathfinder Force Navigator Training Unit, died. One of the crew, LAC Arthur Preston, had survived the impact but succumbed to grievous burns on the 26th.
Mitra was cremated in accordance with Hindu tradition and is thus commemorated by the Cambridge Crematorium.
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==References==
*Mitra, Bejoy Krishna, cwgc.org. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1944 deaths
Category:Indian military personnel
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Sergeants