Barker, Desmond Wallace Ferguson
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Desmond Wallace Ferguson |
Surname | Barker |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 12-02-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard and Sheilagh Hall Barker, of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand. Barrister. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AD722 |
Markings | OL-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Churchyard Extension |
Grave Reference | Row H. Grave 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 5 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 70043 |
Service | Royal Air Force (RAFO) |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5113 (P357292/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-02-1941 |
End Date | 12-02-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 2010 Crashed on return at Finningley into a building trying an approach in fog. |