Basnett, Harold
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harold |
Surname | Basnett |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sydney Harold and Marion Basnett, of Widnes, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD405 |
Markings | KN-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15. |
Epitaph | LOVING MEMORIES OF OUR DEAR SON HAROLD. AWAY FROM US BUT NOT FOR EVER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 128 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1054927 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 77 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Memorial windows and Roll of Honour for 77 Sqn. R.A.F. |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Column with Metal Sculpture and Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 77 Sqn. R.A.F. City of Lancaster's own |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/656/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/656/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1943 |
End Date | 07-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Munich. 404 aircraft, 16 losses (4.0%). The target was mostly cloud-covered and neither sky or ground marking were particularly effective. Most of the main crew instead made a timed approach from the Ammersee lake, over which they passed on their approach. The bombing was somewhat scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter flown by Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of Stab I./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Rheinland-Pfalz. |