Durrant, Harold Vivian
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harold Vivian |
Surname | Durrant |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Elijah and Gladys Priscilla Durrant, of Whitebrook, Monmouthshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED818 |
Markings | PH-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 148. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 31 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 577654 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1943 |
End Date | 21-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stettin |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed 0228 into the Storebaelt off Vresen. |