Wallwork, Albert
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Albert |
Surname | Wallwork |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward and Grace Ann Wallwork, of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL966 |
Markings | LE-P Prune's Pride |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 283. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 111 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 432686 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 630 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Guardroom, LAHC, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone, Memorial Plaques & Metal Sculpture |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 Sqn & 630 Sqns 1939 - 1945 |
Location | The Chapel, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden RoH |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No 630 Sqn who lost their lives operating from RAF East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2155/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2152/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-02-1945 |
End Date | 15-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Rositz |
Reason for Loss | One of two or, possibly, three aircraft shot down by anti-aircraft fire, 2 km E of Rositz, at Zschernitzsch (Altenburg), approximately 40 km S of Leipzig. Aircraft exploded on impact and wreckage was burnt and scattered over a wide area. |