Balloch, Albert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Albert |
Surname | Balloch |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Howie Balloch and May Balloch, of Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | SW251 |
Markings | KM-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 1. D. 22-23. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY DAD, FRANK, RUTH AND NANCY. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 5 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 710349 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | Rhodesia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/452/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/452/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-02-1945 |
End Date | 03-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe |
Reason for Loss | The Lancaster came down at Staffort, Bruchsal, 18 km north-north-east Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg. |