Parks, Rowland Ira
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Rowland Ira |
Surname | Parks |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Rowland and Alma C. Parks, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG492 |
Markings | PM-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. J. 17-20. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 82 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95585 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Parks Island, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Island |
Memorial Text |
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/817/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/817/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-03-1945 |
End Date | 17-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter ace Hptmn Martin Becker who, the night before, had destroyed nine Bomber Command aircraft. This was his 58th and final 'kill' |