Acton-Hill, Ian Rex Locke
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ian Rex Locke |
Surname | Acton-Hill |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert and Mable Irene Acton. Stepson of Mr. E. H. Hill, of Smethwick, Staffordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR752 |
Markings | NP-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sacquenay Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2. |
Epitaph | SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES, SILENTLY KEPT, OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 638104 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Gardens, Propeller, Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In everlasting homage to the courage of those who have found their winged victory through the skies of Yorkshire |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | They made the supreme sacrifice so that you & I may go in peace with freedom. 4 Group 1939 - 1945. |
Location | Heslington Hall, York, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Heslington Hall 1941 - 1945, 4 Gp Headquarters Bomber Command. In remembrance of those Air & Ground personnel who made the supreme sacrifice that we all may walk in peace with freedom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-07-1943 |
End Date | 16-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (96% moon) |
Operation | Montbéliard- to attack the Peugeot factory near the Swiss border. 165 Halifaxes, 5 of which were Lost (3.0%). Clear weather conditions and the target was only lightly defended but PFF marked 700 yards beyond the factory and as a result 80% of the bombs fell on the town and only 20% on the target. The raid had no impact on production at the factory |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Sacquenay, NE of Dijon, France |