Bishop, Cecil Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Cecil Thomas |
Surname | Bishop |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas J. Bishop and Ethel L. Bishop, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | LJ448 |
Markings | HA-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Asnieres sur Oise Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER HIM R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1608815 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Of the five surviving crew, four evaded capture and the fifth became a PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1944 |
End Date | 21-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Woolfox Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (5% moon) |
Operation | Chambly- to bomb railway installations. 14 Stirlings using G-H blind bombing equipment. Only 4 aircraft bombed. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Asnieres-sur-Oise, NE of Versailles, France |