Aspden, Ernest Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Joseph |
Surname | Aspden |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Gertrude Aspden, of Blackburn, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE182 |
Markings | SE-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 23. C. 8. |
Epitaph | THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. MEMORIES DEAR R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 124 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1236891 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Burn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 149 Wellingtons and 8 Oboe Mosquitoes. 12 Wellingtons lost- 8.0%. New moon and cloudy conditions led to the use of sky-marking but the Mosquitoes were unable to keep to the marking schedule and as a result to raid was a failure |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been hit by flak at Stadtlohn and exploded |