Bidlake, Victor Marcel
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Victor Marcel |
Surname | Bidlake |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-03-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry Bidlake, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., and Gertrude Bidlake, of Wadhurst, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P2066 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Charing (Kent County) Crematorium |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 9 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 918823 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 16 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Churchyard, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of British and Commonwealth Pilots and Aircrew of No. 16 OTU Bomber Command RAF Upper Heyford |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5590 (P358010/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-03-1941 |
End Date | 27-03-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Upper Heyford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- circuit training |
Reason for Loss | t/o for circuits and landings and single-engine overshoot procedures. Stalled and crashed 1510, just to the SW of Wroxton Heath, 3 miles of WNW of Banbury, Oxfordshire |