Archard, Theodore Edward
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Theodore Edward |
Surname | Archard |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Francis Archard, and of Maude Elizabeth Archard, of Worcester. M.Sc. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED870 |
Markings | VN-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Poivres Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 22-23. |
Epitaph | IN MEMORY OF A VERY DEAR SON R.I.P. MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 3 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 135740 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-05-1944 |
End Date | 04-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (83% moon) |
Operation | Mailly-le-Camp |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 21:58 on 3 May 1944 from Skellingthorpe to bomb a Waffen-SS armoured division depot and garrison at Mailly-le-Camp, south of Reims, in preparation for the D-Day landings. Aircraft was shot down approaching the AP and crashed at Poivres (Aube), 20 km NNE of Arcis-sur-Aube. |