Blowfield, Philip Harvey
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Philip Harvey |
Surname | Blowfield |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Bernard Charles and Mabel Blowfield, of Whitton, Middlesex. His Brother Bernard John Also Died On Service. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | L5396 |
Markings | PH- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Les Minieres Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | PERSONNE N'A UN PLUS GRAND AMOUR QUE CELUI DE DONNER SA VIE POUR SES AMIS (French- GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 77782 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
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
Initially evaded and was able to reach Les Minieres along with Sgt J J C Batty, when they were fired upon by a machine gun on a Panzer tank. Batty was able to escape unharmed and made it back to England |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-06-1940 |
End Date | 14-06-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Sougé, France |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Évreux |
Reason for Loss | Shot down at Coulonges, NNE of Damville |