Abbott, Wilfred
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Wilfred |
Surname | Abbott |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Mary Abbott, Husband of Dorothy Abbott, of St. Helens, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ628 |
Markings | SE-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cramoisy Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | A GOOD LIFE HATH BUT FEW DAYS: BUT A GOOD NAME ENDURETH FOR EVER (Ecclesiasticus 41:13) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 175843 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served on 431 Sqn RCAF at RCAF Burn, 1942-1943 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed metal plaques & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Old Control Tower, former airfield site, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Allerton Park Castle, Allerton, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial Garden dedicated to the 4272 personnel of 6 (RCAF) Gp based at Allerton Castle who gave the ultimate sacrifice during WWII to preserve our freedom |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the men & women of 6 (RCAF) Gp Bomber Command and to the 9980 Canadians lost serving in Bomber Command. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 18-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Vaires- to attack railway yards. 110 aircraft- no report is available on the bombing results. Two aircraft lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed SW of Cramoisy, west of Creil, France |