Walters, Ernest Desmond
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Desmond |
Surname | Walters |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-06-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | DV699 |
Markings | PM- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 31. E. 4-6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 111 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1154055 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/814/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/814/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-06-1942 |
End Date | 06-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (49% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Take off: 2308. Collided with an unidentified Wellington bomber, and crashed near Geldern, a small town in Germany on the River Niers and quite close to the Dutch border. |