Bandeen, Frank Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frank Alexander |
Surname | Bandeen |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Bandeen and Elizabeth Bandeen (née Donald), of Garlogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED761 |
Markings | DX-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 8. H. 10-12. |
Epitaph | IN THE GARDEN OF MEMORY WE MEET EVERY DAY |
Ribbon Stone | 0673 (Block 8, Column 12, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 5 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1374522 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 57 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 1921, Skene, Aberdeenshire. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Successfully bombed the target and had begun its return but was off track. Intercepted and shot down by a night fighter flown by Lt. Werner Rapp of 7./NJG1 and crashed at high speed onto pasture land belonging to Mrs. R. Treur at Waverveen, Holland. Their remains could not be individually identified and so are buried in a collective grave of three plots. They were initially buried at Vinkeveen and then reinterred in 1953. |