Partos, Denis Gilbert
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Denis Gilbert |
Surname | Partos |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 23-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis Ferdinand and Pauline Partos, of Southgate, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND981 |
Markings | OF-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | New Southgate Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. G. Joint grave 1662. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 82 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1394153 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Squadron Motto | Achieve your aim |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Cloot Hill Farm, Crowland, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Plastic Plaque on Wooden Board |
Memorial Text | Remembering the crews of Lancasters ME625 and ND981 who were killed in this area after a tragic accident, 23rd June 1944 |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 " |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-06-1944 |
End Date | 23-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Collided mid-air with a second 97 Sqdn Lancaster ME625 while flying in formation. Both aircraft crashed at Cloor House Farm, near Crowland, Lincolnshire. Six crew killed, one parachuted safely. All seven ME625 crew killed |