Palmer, Horace Walter
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Horace Walter |
Surname | Palmer |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-06-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | |
Serial Number | R5567 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Tamworth Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 7986. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 82 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1155384 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
According to the ORB (AIR 27/686/59) another, unnamed fitter had a lucky escape as he was under the wing at the time, although there was sufficient clearance for him to crawl clear. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | Killed when he was working in the nacelle of one of the engines of Lancaster I, R5567. When the Port Inner engine was started the aircraft collapsed onto him because the undercarriage lever had been left in the up position and the hydraulic pump operated on this particular engine. |