Buchan, Torrance
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Torrance |
Surname | Buchan |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Torrance and Mary Buchan. Husband of Elizabeth Buchan, of Peebles. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK892 |
Markings | MP-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Boulogne Eastern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 10. Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. |
Epitaph | R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 138 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 655439 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-08-1943 |
End Date | 10-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 457 aircraft, 9 losses (2.0%). Cloud cover meant that the target marking plan didn't work out and bombing was scattered as a result. Nevertheless, much damage was caused with 1316 buildings destroyed or rendered useless and 42 industrial premises suffered loss of production, filing compensation claims for over £4M. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak on homebound leg and crashed in flames on to a railway line neat Pointe-de-Garennes, north of Boulogne, France |