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CARYLL-TILKIN MC
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CARYLL-TILKIN, Marcel

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Serial Number T4171
Markings GE-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Thornaby-on-Tees Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot O. Row N. Grave 6..
Epitaph GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 142
Enlistment information
Service Number 902238
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 58
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United States of America
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-10-1940
End Date 21-10-1940
Takeoff Station Linton-on-Ouse
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Skoda armaments facility at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia
Reason for Loss Successful raid but became the first victim of a Luftwaffe intruder over England, crashing in the Cleveland Hills near Ingleby Greenhow