Papineau, Roderic Winston
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Roderic Winston |
Surname | Papineau |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
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Date of Death | 04-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Owen Frederick and Eleanor Sarah Papineau, of Hampton, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ585 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Andover Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot H. Grave 51. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 82 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 151465 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 16 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Churchyard, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of British and Commonwealth Pilots and Aircrew of No. 16 OTU Bomber Command RAF Upper Heyford |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-08-1943 |
End Date | 04-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Upper Heyford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Crashed attempting to land at the relief landing ground at Ramsbury in Wiltshire following an engine five |