Baxter, Malcolm Wilfred
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Malcolm Wilfred |
Surname | Baxter |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 23-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Gordon Baxter, and of Ivy Annie Baxter, of Chester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED386 |
Markings | PH-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. C. 9. |
Epitaph | IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM. MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 7 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 50894 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Miscellaneous Information
Mentioned in Despatches January 1942 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-01-1943 |
End Date | 24-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (94% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf |
Reason for Loss | Shot down near the small town of Grevenbroich on the River Erft, near Monchengladbach |