Mortimer, Sidney Harold
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Sidney Harold |
Surname | Mortimer |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank George Mortimer and Elizabeth Mortimer (née Doggett), of Hillingbury, Brighton, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA873 |
Markings | QR-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. D. 8. |
Epitaph | LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 76 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 515976 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Born April 1914 in Steyning, Sussex. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-08-1943 |
End Date | 03-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | A night fighter claim by Fw. Ernst Schafer 2/JG Hermann, wild boar, at 02.10hrs & Flak claim by 2./schw.Flak Abt.336, 2./schw.Flak Abt.601(0) & Pers. Battr.(Grossbattr. Hahnofersand) & 1. & 4./schw. Flak Abt.336(v) (Grossbattr. Billwarder insel) crashing near Amelinghausen, Kreis Luneberg at 02.10hrs. A/C crashed at Wohlenbuttel, a hamlet between Soderstorf & Oldendorf on property belonging to Herr Friedrich Meyer. |