Brockbank, Samuel
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Samuel |
Surname | Brockbank |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of William James Brockbank and Mary Brockbank, of Belfast. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster Ill |
Serial Number | PB134 |
Markings | OL-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 270. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 13 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1543556 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
In 1947 the local Norwegian people erected a memorial to honour the crew. Each year on Norwegian National Day they lay a wreath in a ceremony to mark their gratitude to the crew. |
This was the only aircraft lost on this operation. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-12-1944 |
End Date | 01-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (94% moon) |
Operation | Horten- to bomb the German cruisers 'Emden' and Köln' |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a German night-fighter and crashed in Oslo Fjord between Horten and Moss |