Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | L9175 |
Markings | VE-B |
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kaggevinne Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1.. |
Epitaph | IN DEAREST MEMORY OF OUR LOVING SON, FREDDY. MY JESUS, MERCY MARY, HELP! (My Jesus, Mercy. An old prayer taken from a 1934 "An Angel of Mercy" nurses prayer book) |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Service Number | 540542 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Grattan G R (F/O) |
Start Date | 11-05-1940 |
End Date | 11-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Bombing bridges in Maastricht area |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Me109 flown by Oblt. Gerhard Homuth of 3./JG27 over Diest-Schaffen at 17:30, crashing at Kaggavinne, 2km south-west of Diest, Belgium |