Billingsley, Forast Deloise
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Forast Deloise |
Surname | Billingsley |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Jame Lorin Billingsley and Edna Billingsley, of Cardston, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB239 |
Markings | LQ-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. F. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/89270 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/15 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/14 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-08-1944 |
End Date | 17-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Kiel. 348 aircraft, 2 Lancasters lost. Serious damage to the docks area and to some shipbuilding firms around the docks but many bombs fell outside the city. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea off the west coast of Denmark |