Barton, Percy
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Percy |
Surname | Barton |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edith Barton. Husband of Irene Barton, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK687 |
Markings | HA-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 14. A. 5-6. |
Epitaph | TIS NOT THE WORDS, THEY ARE BUT FEW, BUT THE LOVING MEMORIES I KEEP OF YOU. WIFE IRENE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1582468 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
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 27/1351/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1351/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-10-1943 |
End Date | 09-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 119 aircraft, 3 Stirlings Lost (2.5%). A diversionary raid to the attack on Hanover and on a larger scale than any previous diversionary raid. This would set the scene for large-scale diversionary raids going forward. Bombing was scattered but was only ever a subsidiary aim |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Ebersdorf, Germany |