Whyte, Stuart Paul
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Stuart Paul |
Surname | Whyte |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Clement Peter and Mary Isabel Macdonald Whyte, of Lancaster, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NN712 |
Markings | PH-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 1. B. 15-18. |
Epitaph | ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 115 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/21439 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-01-1945 |
End Date | 17-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (10% moon) |
Operation | Zeitz |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter piloted by Hptm. Dietrich Schmidt of 7./NJG 1, NN712 crashed between the small town of Büdingen and the village of Dudenrod, some 4 km to the North. |