Forster, Frederick Anthony
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Anthony |
Surname | Forster |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Robert and Nellie Susannah Forster. Husband of Mary Alleyne Forster, of Liskeard, Cornwall. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND627 |
Markings | PH-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Orleans Main Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row A. Grave 15. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND, WHO DIED IN CERTAIN HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 36 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1876702 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
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
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-07-1944 |
End Date | 05-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Orleans |
Reason for Loss | Cause of loss not established. Crashed 0200 5Jul44 onto the Rue Baciere St-Mark at Orleans |