Buchanan, James Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | James Thomas |
Surname | Buchanan |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Buchanan. Husband of Ruby Beatrice Buchanan, of Camp Hill, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4946 |
Markings | PO-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Terschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 105. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 14 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 405998 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Inside old Control Tower, Roseland Business Park, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque & Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the men and women of all nationalities who served with the units based at this airfield in WWII, and of those who gave their lives that freedom might prevail |
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Crew on its first operational sortie |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1930/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1930/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-07-1943 |
End Date | 28-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bottesford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (15% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Hans Joachim Jabs, 1V./NJG1) and crashed into the sea off Terschelling |