Cross, Michael Govier
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Michael Govier |
Surname | Cross |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Tom and Margaret Cross, of Machen. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND464 |
Markings | OL-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Machen (St. John) Churchyard Extension |
Grave Reference | Row J. Grave 2. |
Epitaph | HIS JOYOUS SPIRIT IS OUR COMRADE YET BIDDING US NOT TO MOURN NOR TO FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 25 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1314932 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-07-1944 |
End Date | 17-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (11% moon) |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Partially abandoned at 2348 following total engine failure while on night bombing practice. Crashed 3 miles SE of Coningsby airfield |