Baltzer, Ross Lloyd
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ross Lloyd |
Surname | Baltzer |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Lloyd Baltzer and Sarah Baltzer, of Harrow, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7713 |
Markings | LQ-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 28. E. 1-2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 126 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/15343 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-06-1942 |
End Date | 02-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (89% moon) |
Operation | Essen. Second Thousand raid, although actually only 956 aircraft could be mustered. Despite a good weather forecast there was low level haze in the area and bombing was inaccurate. Little damage on Essen but somewhat more reported at Oberhausen and Duisburg. Total loss = 31 aircraft. 3.2% of total force |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Krefeld |