Box, Frederick Ernest Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick Ernest Arthur |
Surname | Box |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Henry Box. Husband of Ethel Dora Box, of Southsea Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7925 |
Markings | DY- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. B. 14. |
Epitaph | THY WIL BE DONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1311922 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-12-1942 |
End Date | 09-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Mining |
Reason for Loss | Hit by marine flak and crashed off the coast near Utlandshörn, Norden, Germany. |