Ball, Donald Faulkner
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Donald Faulkner |
Surname | Ball |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Sidney and Florence Annie Ball, of Carshalton Beeches, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM429 |
Markings | VN-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oostvleteren Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. |
Epitaph | DOING HIS DUTY HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. MAY HIS PASSING HELP WORLD PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 5 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1322511 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
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 | 10-05-1944 |
End Date | 11-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (92% moon) |
Operation | Lille- to attack railway yards |
Reason for Loss | The aircraft was shot down by Hptm Adolf Brevesof IV./NJG1 over Vleteren and crashed in Oostvleteren, near Ypres. |