Bee, Alan Mowlem
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alan Mowlem |
Surname | Bee |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Cecil Wilson Bee and Winifred Maud Bee, of Southfields, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | L7456 |
Markings | ZN-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. A. 11. |
Epitaph | RATHER DEATHE THAN FALSE OF FAYTHE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 7 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1180257 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
50 Sqn aircraft on loan with some of its personnel to 106 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-05-1942 |
End Date | 31-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft would not climb above 8000' and as a consequence was hit by flak |