Blyth, Colin John
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Colin John |
Surname | Blyth |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick and Emily Blyth, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB707 |
Markings | LQ-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Norre Havrvig Churchyard |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | AS WE LOVED HIM SO WE MISS HIM. DAD AND MUM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/89962 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Blyth Island, Manitoba; within McCallum Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Island |
Memorial Text |
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 27/1789/13 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/12 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into Ringkobing Fjord, Denmark |