Meadows, Horace Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Horace Edward |
Surname | Meadows |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-06-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Meadows, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Husband of Bessie Olga Meadows, of Marlow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5386 |
Markings | QT- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5A. M. 2. |
Epitaph | UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 73 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 924132 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 142 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Sgt Meadows was only on active service for a short while, having completed his pilot training at Kidlington in December 1940/ January 1941 before then completing a conversion course to type at RAF Benson. He and his wife were billeted with a Mrs Anne Fell. His wife was only a few weeks pregnant (with a son, Clive) when Sgt Meadows was killed |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7234 (P360083/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/972/19 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/972/18 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-06-1941 |
End Date | 28-06-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (11% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Coned by searchlights and shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Reinhold Eckhardt, of Stab. II./NJG 1 (Stade airfield) and crashed at Warenhaus Nr. 70, Kuhwerder Hafen, Hamburg. |