Hignell, Wilbert Scott
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Wilbert Scott |
Surname | Hignell |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry Alexander Hignell and Christina Helen Hignell (née Thornton), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | R5738 |
Markings | OF-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 20. C. 7. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 49 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/93410 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 21 November 1917, Guelph. He had been a pupil at Swansea Public High School & had graduated from Runnymede Collegiate, he was a member of Strathcona Ski Club. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-01-1943 |
End Date | 10-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Victim of a night fighter flown by Maj. Werner Streib, Stab 1./NJG1 at 19.15hrs, crashing at Siberie, 4km NE of Maasbree, 8kms WSW of Venlo, Netherlands. |