Innes, Andrew
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Andrew |
Surname | Innes |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Ovenstones Innes and Margaret Innes (née Gerrard), of King David Street, St. Monance, Fife. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4825 |
Markings | OF-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 14. C. 1-9. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0753 (Block 9, Column 8, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 656917 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Masonic Hall, St. Monans, Fife |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & Framed Scrolls |
Memorial Text | A wooden plaque and information board remembering Plt Off A Innes RAF, missing in action 1st March 1943 |
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Sgt Pilot Andrew Innes Age 24 & crew of Lancaster W4825 97 Sqn Lost Berlin 2.3.1943 |
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 1919, St. Monance. Andrew had been an Apprentice golf club maker before being called up to serve in the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders. He transferred to the RAF in January 1939. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-03-1943 |
End Date | 02-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (26% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Victim of 1. Flak Division and exploded over Berlin-Lankwitz, time unknown. Crew initially buried in the Doberitz Standart-Friedhof and share collective graves with the crew of W4829, being re-interred on 28 October 1946. |