Vivian, Patrick Aylmer
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Patrick Aylmer |
Surname | Vivian |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
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Date of Death | 14-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Harry Aylmer Vivian and Claire Mary Vivian, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4108 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 14. Grave 32. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 110 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 391872 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 1654 CU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-09-1942 |
End Date | 14-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wigsley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 23:30 to bomb Aiming Point 'E'. Shot down 02:22 by Oblt. Ludwig Becker, II./NJG2, crashing onto farmland worked by the Kleistra brothers at Buytenweg, Oudehorne, Friesland, 10 km E of Heerenveene, Holland. |