Batten, Gilbert Herbert McDonald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gilbert Herbert McDonald |
Surname | Batten |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-10-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | DS725 |
Markings | KO-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. E. 5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 128 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 621459 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
His brother, 1333486 Sgt. Harold Batten was also lost on Bomber Command Operations (see https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/201580) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-10-1943 |
End Date | 21-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Little Snoring |
Day/Night Raid | Night (51% moon) |
Operation | Leipzig. 358 Lancasters, 16 Lost (4.5%). Weather conditions were poor and bombing was very scattered. No local report is available but it is unlikely that significant damage was caused. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have crashed at Engersen, ESE of Klötze, Germany |