Phoenix, Frederick Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Douglas |
Surname | Phoenix |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 11-10-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Frederick and Margaret Phoenix, of Meols, Hoylake. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | N1526 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec.10. C. of E. Grave 304A. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 85 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 971265 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 10 OTU |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Old airfield site, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those killed on Ops from RAF Stanton Harcourt |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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 | 11-10-1940 |
End Date | 11-10-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Abingdon |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night flying practice |
Reason for Loss | Crashed 2300 near the Akeman Street landing ground. Believed to have been caused by a area of fabric stripping from the mainplanes. |