Harbour, Eric Hugh Milbourn
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Eric Hugh Milbourn |
Surname | Harbour |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Hugh Henry Herbert Harbour and Lilian Harbour (née Chambers), of Wandsworth, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED782 |
Markings | QR-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 131. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 45 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 52803 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Enlisted as a Halton apprentice in 39th entry 1936-39. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-07-1943 |
End Date | 30-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter flown by Oblt Gunther Stege of 8./NJG3 at 00.30hrs, crashing in the North Sea near the Frisian Islands, 30kms North East of Heligoland. |