Blaydes, Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Herbert |
Surname | Blaydes |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Date of Death | 25-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Ingram Blaydes and Claudia Blaydes. Husband of Marguerite Marie Blaydes, of St. James, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL853 |
Markings | WS-W Cutty Sark |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 3. |
Epitaph | EVER REMEMBERED BY YOUR WIFE MARGUERITE AND DAUGHTER LYNDA MARIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/88416 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Squadron Motto | Per noctem volamus (Through out the night we fly) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Blatt Lake, Manitoba; 20km north of Reindeer Lake, very close to the border with Saskatchewan. |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/128/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/128/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-06-1944 |
End Date | 25-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bardney |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Prouville V1 Site |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Coulonvillers {Somme} |