Adcock, Lawrence Rockliffe
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Lawrence Rockliffe |
Surname | Adcock |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-01-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7886 |
Markings | TL-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | AIII. 8. 18. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 131831 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 35 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, C |
Location | All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-01-1943 |
End Date | 18-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (90% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 170 aircraft, 22 lost (11.8%). The second attack on Berlin in as many nights. Gee and Oboe could not be used for target markers since Berlin was out of their range of operation. PFF failed to mark the centre of the city, resulting in most of the bombing taking place in the southern suburbs. A BMW aircraft factory was hit at Spandau but only slightly damaged. The Berlin report classified not one building as being destroyed or seriously damaged. The heavy losses of this raid were due in part to using exactly the same route as the previous evening, making it easy for German fighters to find the stream. Richard Dimbleby was aboard a 106 Sqn Lancaster, flown by W/C Guy Gibson. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea off the Danish coast |