Godley, Colin Cortland
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Colin Cortland |
Surname | Godley |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Date of Death | 03-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Mary Theresa Godley, of Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia. C.I.A., A.I.S. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA873 |
Markings | QR-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. D. 7. |
Epitaph | REMEMBER THE DEAD, LET THE LIVING BE HUMBLE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 40 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 413370 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Squadron Motto | Per puram tonantes (Thundering through the clear air) |
Trade | 2nd pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 31 December 1912. |
CIA, AIS |
His will shows his address as being Shaw Avenue, Kingsford, Sydney. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-08-1943 |
End Date | 03-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | A night fighter claim by Fw. Ernst Schafer 2/JG Hermann, wild boar, at 02.10hrs & Flak claim by 2./schw.Flak Abt.336, 2./schw.Flak Abt.601(0) & Pers. Battr.(Grossbattr. Hahnofersand) & 1. & 4./schw. Flak Abt.336(v) (Grossbattr. Billwarder insel) crashing near Amelinghausen, Kreis Luneberg at 02.10hrs. A/C crashed at Wohlenbuttel, a hamlet between Soderstorf & Oldendorf on property belonging to Herr Friedrich Meyer. |