Bristow, Anthony Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Anthony Edwin |
Surname | Bristow |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edwin Bristow. Husband of Marjorie Bristow, of Hockley Heath, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF502 |
Markings | OJ-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Mazargues Cemetery Extension, Marseille |
Grave Reference | Plot 3. Row D. Grave 12. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY YOUR LOVING WIFE AND DAUGHTER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 135 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 639378 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
The two air gunners (Sgt D E Cadge and F/S N C H Pilgrim successfully evaded capture and arrived home on 9th July 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1004/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1004/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-04-1944 |
End Date | 11-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lakenheath |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Special Operations Executive, for the south of France. Codename Pimento 68 |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak from a train at Saint-Rambert and crashed at Saint-Jean-le-Vieux between Lyon and Geneva (and not in the Pyrenees as is often quoted). |