Love, Claude Lorraine
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Claude Lorraine |
Surname | Love |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Claude L. Love and Sadie Odom Love, of Asheville, North Carolina. U.S.A. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IV |
Serial Number | Z1487 |
Markings | QT-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Noirmoutier-En-L'Ile Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Grave 12. |
Epitaph | SON OF MR. AND MRS. CLAUDE L. LOVE, ASHEVILLE, N.C., U.S.A. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 64 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/83249 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 142 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-08-1942 |
End Date | 05-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying |
Reason for Loss | Crashed off the island of Noirmoutin close to the entrance to the Loire estuary |