Dunbar, Harry Smith
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harry Smith |
Surname | Dunbar |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Hugh and Archina Dunbar. Husband of Mina Elizabeth Dunbar. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R1272 |
Markings | JM-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lossiemouth Burial Ground |
Grave Reference | Grave 1135. |
Epitaph | HE LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO HIM: FACED DANGER; AND PASSED BY THE PATH OF DUTY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 30 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 702735 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-08-1942 |
End Date | 04-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 0020hrs on a night navigation exercise. Became lost. The pilot thought he was over the sea and so shortly before 0330hrs began a descent. Shorly after the aircraft flew into "The Buck", a 2366ft mountain in the Grampians, 3 miles SE of Cabrach, Banff. Sgt Churchley was injured in the crash sustaining a fractured skull and compound fracture to his left leg. he unfortunately succumbed to these injuries. |