Bidder, Donald Vincent
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Donald Vincent |
Surname | Bidder |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 19-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of David William and Mary Annie Bidder. Husband of Freda Mary Bidder, of Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DK313 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | West Thorney (St. Nicholas) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row E. Grave 11. |
Epitaph | NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 49334 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | PFNTU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Tythe Farm, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Pathfinder Force Navigation Training Unit, RAF Warboys 1944 to 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Had served with 218 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-02-1945 |
End Date | 19-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Warboys |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night cross-country exercise |
Reason for Loss | Returned to base but the weather had deteriorated. While turning, the pilot inadvertently allowed his speed to drop and he side-slipped and crashed near Warboys railway station |