Baxter, Alexander Kirk
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Alexander Kirk |
Surname | Baxter |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alexander and Mary Stuart Baxter, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Husband of Violet Cossar Baxter, of Balclutha, Otago. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | ED249 |
Markings | MP-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 10A. K. 3. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 128 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 417263 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-08-1943 |
End Date | 03-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 740 aircraft, 30 losses (4.1%). The raid failed due to a large thunderstorm over the target. Many crews turned back of bombed alternative targets. At least four aircraft were Lost due to icing. No PFF marking took place and bombing was scattered as a result. Many nearby towns were bombed, particularly Elmshorn due to a house being struck by lightning and crews spotting the fire through the clouds. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into woods at Hesedorf, Germany |