Alison, Walter Herbert David
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Walter Herbert David |
Surname | Alison |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Date of Death | 13-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of F. and Catherine Alison. Husband of Mary Elsie Alison, of Palmer's Green. Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JB791 |
Markings | VR-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | XI. C. 6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1377990 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Squadron Motto | Moosa aswayita |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1943 |
End Date | 13-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 572 aircraft, 34 losses (5.9%). Near-perfect PFF marking lead to highly concentrated bombing and a significant improvement on the three preceding recent raids on Duisburg. The centre and port areas of the city were badly damaged, including four of the August Thyssen steel plants. Such was the success of this raid that no further raids were planned on Duisburg for some time. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak at 20000' after leaving the target area. Partially abandoned and crashed at Bedburg-Hau |