Bishop, Hubert George
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Hubert George |
Surname | Bishop |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 11-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Bishop and Amy Bishop (née Budgen), of Glacé Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Husband of Rosella Bishop (née Sheppard). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB853 |
Markings | SE-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. B. 3. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/92591 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served on 431 Sqn RCAF at RCAF Burn, 1942-1943 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed metal plaques & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Old Control Tower, former airfield site, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
Hubert was born at Catalina, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia on 6 March 1915. His father was a coal miner and born at Wesleyville, Newfoundland, and his mother was born at Trinity, Newfoundland. He had two brothers William and Charles and a sister Laura. The schools he attended were New Aberdeen, Glacé Bay 1929-1930 (IX), Glacé Bay High 1930-1931 (X), a machine operator course at Central Tech, Toronto and a Correspondence course, Drafting and Design, 1941-1942. His sport interests were basketball, swimming and skating, and his hobbies woodwork and mechanics. Hubert worked at St. Esprit, farming, between 1932 and 1934 and then the house unfortunately burnt down. He was then at Eaton's Grocetaria as a Receiving clerk, 1934-1939, at Shores Marketeria as a meat cutter, 1939-1941, (war work), followed by the Small Arms Company Toronto from 1942 to 1943 as a tool investigator. |
After enlisting on 17 September 1943 and training, Hubert embarked from Halifax on 2 June 1944 and arrived at 3 PRC (RCAF) 11 June 1944, 61 Base 1 July 1944, and 431 squadron 5 August 1944. Sadly Hubert was to lose his life on 11 March 1945 from 431 Squadron. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1858/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-03-1945 |
End Date | 11-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Essen. 1079 aircraft, 3 lost. This was the largest number of aircraft sent to a single target so far. Complete cloud cover led to the use of Oboe sky-marking. Some 4661 tons of bombs were dropped with great accuracy, paralysing Essen until the Americans arrived. 897 people were said to be killed although there is no proper report on this raid, such was the level of disarray. This was the last of a very large number of raids on Essen throughout the war, although many were poor due to the propensity for cloud and haze. The total death toll stood at 7000 and the population of the city halved due to people leaving for their own safety. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the target area |