Buck, Percy Lloyd
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Percy Lloyd |
Surname | Buck |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | AFC |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick James Buck and Mary Louisa Buck, of Outremont, Province of Quebec. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VII |
Serial Number | NP741 |
Markings | OW-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. F. 12. |
Epitaph | "HE IS NOT DEAD" HIS MEMORY LIVES FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS. MOTHER AND BROTHERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 138 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/23022 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 426 (Thunderbird) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with Inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Outside Village Hall, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Canadian personnel who served at RAF Linton on Ouse during WW2, including 408 and 426 Sqns RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
The surviving six crew members all became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-09-1944 |
End Date | 12-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Wanne-Eickel synthetic oil plant. Part of a 412 aircraft attack on three oil plants- Dortmund, Scholven-Buer and Wanne-Eickel. The Dortmund raid was a particularly successful one but smoke screens prevented observation of the other two. 7 losses in all. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak. F/O Buck was critically injured and was taken to a military hospital, he died later the same day |