Stuchbury, Herbert Ronald Houghton
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Herbert Ronald Houghton |
Surname | Stuchbury |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 25-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Houghton Henry and Ivy Laurel Stuchbury, of Collie, Western Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL746 |
Markings | PO-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. J. 9-15. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 103 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 415488 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/3 |
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 | 25-02-1944 |
End Date | 26-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Augsburg |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have come down at Deufringen 10 Km WSW of Sindelfingen. |