Puttock, Alec Lenard
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Alec Lenard |
Surname | Puttock |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Adelaide Victoria Puttock, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PA997 |
Markings | UL-D2 |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. C. 8. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU, DEAR SONNY, YOUR MEMORY WILL LIVE FOR EVER. AU REVOIR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 87 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 175906 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 576 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
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 | Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memo and Propeller Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at R.A.F. Elsham Words 1941 - 1945 |
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of 576 Sqn who gave their lives in 1939 - 45 War |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2050/1 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-06-1944 |
End Date | 17-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Sterkrade |
Reason for Loss | Hit by Flak and crashed at Rhade, a town 9 km NNW from the centre of Dorsten. It is likely that the Lancaster began to break up in the air as one crew members body was found E of Dorsten at Hervest |