Blundell, Harold Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harold Edwin |
Surname | Blundell |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Benjamin George and Kate Lavinia Annie Blundell, of Southgate, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Lockheed Ventura I |
Serial Number | AE726 |
Markings | YH-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Ploudalmezeau Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 14. Coll. grave 175. |
Epitaph | IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF A BRAVE LAD SO LOVED - SO MISSED. MUM AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1385376 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 21 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
One of four 21 Squadron Venturas lost on this operation |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/264/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/264/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1943 |
End Date | 05-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Portreath |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Operation Ramrod 63- to bomb an oil tanker in Brest. The ship was not hit but port installations were. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Ploudalmezeau, NW of Brest |