Alsop, Eric Brandreth
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Brandreth |
Surname | Alsop |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George and Anne Elizabeth Alsop, of Rhyl, Flintshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM304 |
Markings | GT-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. D. 5. |
Epitaph | FETCH OUT NO SHROUD FOR JOHNNY "HEAD IN CLOUD" AND SHED NO TEARS IN AFTER YEARS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1020978 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 156 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary Magdalene Church, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | We light the way" This tablet is placed in memory of Flight Lieutenant JL Sloper DFC and Bar, RAFVR. And in tribute to all who served with 156 Squadron Path Finders Force at RAF Warboys, 1942-1945, In gratitude. |
Location | Tithe Farm, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillars and inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | From this RAF Station Warboys 156 squadrons No 8 (PFF) group, marked targets for Bomber Command 1942-1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1041/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1041/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-03-1943 |
End Date | 06-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Warboys |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 442 aircraft, 14 losses (3.2%). This raid included the 100000th raid of the war. 56 aircraft turned back due to technical defects, 3 of which were Oboe equipped target markers. The remaining PFF Mosquitoes marked the target perfectly, however, despite the usual haze that obscured the town. Some 160 acres of destruction were wreaked with 53 separate buildings of the Krupps works hit. More than 3000 residential properties were destroyed. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Monchengladbach |