Aircraft | |
Serial Number | |
Markings |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hampstead Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. Q.7. Joint grave 32B.. |
Epitaph | IN ADORED MEMORY OF MY DARLING SON. MOTHER |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 23 |
Service Number | 1242954 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 49 |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Start Date | 07-09-1943 |
End Date | 07-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Fiskerton |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | Returning from a night out in Lincoln, by train, a group of armourers from 49 Squadron then caught the ferry to cross over the Witham to Fiskerton. Some of the airmen fell in the river and become trapped under the ferry. LAC Cousins and one other airmen drowned |