Buckley, Howell James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Howell James |
Surname | Buckley |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Dilys May Buckley, of Pontypridd. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1744 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Pontypridd (Glyntaff) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot Z. Grave 190. |
Epitaph | THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 14 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1312443 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 27 OTU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Edward the Confessor Church, Leek, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stencilled Wooden Board |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the crew of Wellington Z1744 20/12/42 |
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Stencilled Composite Panels |
Memorial Text | This memorial is a tribute to all those both military and civil who came from many countries to serve at RAF Lichfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-11-1942 |
End Date | 20-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Lichfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- bombing/photographic exercise |
Reason for Loss | Buzzed by two American Spitfires, one of which carried away the aircraft's trailing aerial, it crashed into high ground near Leek |