Barnes, William
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | William |
Surname | Barnes |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Rufus and Sarah Barnes. Husband of Marjorie Eileen Barnes, of Ruislip Manor, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EE902 |
Markings | BU-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 20. A. 13. |
Epitaph | ALL HE HAD HOPED FOR, ALL HE HAD, HE GAVE. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1266491 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-07-1943 |
End Date | 25-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 791 aircraft, 12 losses (1.5%). Clear conditions over the target and only a light wind. This was the first raid in which Window was used. A mixture of H2S and visual marking was used and although initial bombing was concentrated, creepback was particularly evident with a corridor of fire some 6 miles long developing. Approximately 1500 civilian deaths- the greatest number in a raid outside the reach of Oboe. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Barchel, Germany |