Waddell, Hilton Graham
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Hilton Graham |
Surname | Waddell |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Dr. George Washington Waddell and Thea Hare Eva Waddell, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AT185 |
Markings | PT-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. A. 6. |
Epitaph | HE DIED FOR FREEDOM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 110 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 402699 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-06-1942 |
End Date | 21-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Emden |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Hpt Helmut Lent, crashing on the Dutch island of Ameland |