Marland, Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alfred |
Surname | Marland |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Mary Alice Marland, of Hutton, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AT191 |
Markings | EQ-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 40. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM. MOTHER, DAD & DORIS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 68 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1101605 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-06-1942 |
End Date | 02-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Balderton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (89% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Took off at 2258. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer |