Barrett, Denis Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Denis Robert |
Surname | Barrett |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Robert and Edith Emma Barrett, of Pitsea, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7524 |
Markings | LS-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | AIII. 10. 3. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1254392 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-07-1942 |
End Date | 16-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Lubeck- using cloud cover and a dusk approach |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed in the River Sneum near Esbjerg, Denmark |