Bird, Colin Ray
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Colin Ray |
Surname | Bird |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Joseph and Nellie Ethel Bird, of Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. Agricultural Diploma, University Silver Medal and Silver Cup For Oratorical Contest (Saskatchewan University). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1620 |
Markings | KO-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. F. 12-13. |
Epitaph | FONDLY REMEMBERED BY ALL AT HOME, ALWAYS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/115881 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Navigator/Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Bird Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
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
Graduate of Saskatchewan University (Agriculture) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1943 |
End Date | 04-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 417 aircraft, 10 losses (2.4%). Clear conditions but PFF appear to have misread the H2S indications and confused some sandbanks in the Elbe estuary as being Hamburg docks. As a consequence the majority of the bombing took place on the small town of Wedel where some surprisingly important targets were hit. |
Reason for Loss |