Cousins, Andrew Smeaton
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Andrew Smeaton |
Surname | Cousins |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Andrew Cousins and Sarah Cousins (née Bennett), of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Husband of Mary Dewar Cousins (née Allan), of Sauchie, Alloa. Date of marriage 12 Jul 1935. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | ED617 |
Markings | VN-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Poix-de-Picardie (Poix-de-la-Somme) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row E. Grave 1. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 23 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1050802 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of 50 Sqn Lancaster ED617 lost 10-7-43 |
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 25 May 1911 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-07-1943 |
End Date | 10-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (43% moon) |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen |
Reason for Loss | Victim of flak from 1. & 3./Gem.Flak Abt. 122(v) and 1./Res.Flak Abt.253 and crashed 750m south of Fresnoy-Andainville (Somme) at 03:25 hrs , 6 km SSE of Oisemont, France. |