Traill, Ian Craig
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ian Craig |
Surname | Traill |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 02-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Traill and Esther Mitchell Traill (née Craig), of Edzell, Angus. Husband of Agnes Blues Traill (née Patterson). Marriage in Gretna Green on 23 September1939. He had previously divorced Nancy Traill, of Balham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster l |
Serial Number | W4819 |
Markings | KM-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot JJB. Grave 12. |
Epitaph | THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM (Extract from For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 108 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 986255 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-02-1943 |
End Date | 03-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Köln |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Waddington at 1818 hrs detailed to attack targets in Koln. Aircraft collided with a 102 Squadron Halifax W7882 DY-P at Luyksgestel (Noord Brabant) Netherlands, 20 km SSW of Eindhoven. Both aircraft had been hit by flak, this aircraft having been hit at 20.50hrs by 1.& 4./S.ABT,665 & 1./S.ABT591 & exploded in the air after colliding W7882. The wreckage from the Lancaster fell on Luyksgestel, the Halifax also exploded in mid-air and the wreckage fell on Hamont. |