Selkirk, James Lynch
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James Lynch |
Surname | Selkirk |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-12-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Margaret Selkirk, of Wardley, Gateshead, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB478 |
Markings | PH-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. J. 32. |
Epitaph | BELOVED SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET SELKIRK. "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE" (from hymn - Peace, Perfect Peace - by Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1875) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 95 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1513331 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-12-1943 |
End Date | 03-12-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Coned and shot down by heavy flak, crashing near Bernau, ten miles from the centre of Berlin |