Ibbott, Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Herbert |
Surname | Ibbott |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 09-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur W. P. Ibbott and Caroline Ibbott, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | MS471 |
Markings | -G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bedford Cemetery, Bedfordshire |
Grave Reference | Sec. H. Grave 838. |
Epitaph | WITH A CHEERY SMILE A WAVE OF THE HAND HE HAS WANDERED INTO AN UNKNOWN LAND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/24024 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 82 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Ibbott Lake, Manitoba; 5km inside the Saskatchewan border and 50km south of the border with Nunavut |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Newark Rd (A616) Wellow, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Entry on stencilled composite information board |
Memorial Text |
Translation "In memory of the crew of 82 OTU Wellington MS471 who were killed when their aircraft crashed near this location on 9th August 1943" |
Location | Holy Rood Church, Ossington, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those personnel from RAF Ossington who worshipped at Ossington church, 1941 to 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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 | 09-08-1943 |
End Date | 09-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Ossington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Cross country exercise |
Reason for Loss | An engine failed at low level and the Wellington crashed between Newark and Retford |