Loveridge, Ian James
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Ian James |
Surname | Loveridge |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Date of Death | 26-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Norman William and of Myrtle Frances Loveridge, of Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD339 |
Markings | VN-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot H/3. Grave 82. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 1488 (Block 107, Column 2, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 64 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 425580 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Squadron Motto | Sic fidem servamus (Thus we keep faith) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering F/Sgt Ian Loveridge Wop RNZAF 1920 - 1945 & crewmates of Lancaster PD339 VN-J |
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/489/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/489/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-04-1945 |
End Date | 26-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Operation Exodus |
Reason for Loss | The aircraft had just taken off from Wing in Buckinghamshire after flying home one of the first groups of freed PoWs when it hit a tree and crashed near Northampton |