Wakeling, Albert Harry
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Albert Harry |
Surname | Wakeling |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of John James Wakeling and Elizabeth Helen Wakeling, of Newport. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ME386 |
Markings | EM-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Newport (Christchurch) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Extn. Grave 345. |
Epitaph | HE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, HE FINISHED HIS COURSE, HE KEPT THE FAITH |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 110 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 188294 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-03-1945 |
End Date | 06-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (62% moon) |
Operation | Bohlen- to attack an oil plant |
Reason for Loss | Twice hit by flak over the target, the Lancaster made it back to England despite losing some of its instruments. It flew up the East Coast in thick cloud before finally crashing in the mouth of the River Witham in The Wash, near Boston. Survivors were picked yup from their dinghy by local fishermen |