Balmer, John Raeburn
Personal Information
Rank | G/C |
Forename(s) | John Raeburn |
Surname | Balmer |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | OBE, DFC |
Date of Death | 11-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sydney Raeburn Balmer and Catherine Haswell Balmer, of Maldon, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL792 |
Markings | PO-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. D. 7. |
Epitaph | DUTY NOBLY DONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 5 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 68 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1935/9 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-05-1944 |
End Date | 12-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Bourg Leopold |
Reason for Loss | Attacked by a night fighter on the bomb run, a fire started and then the aircraft blew up, the wreckage coming down at Beverlo, near Leopolsburg |