Buckwell, Walter Herbert Secretan
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Walter Herbert Secretan |
Surname | Buckwell |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Leighton Buckwell and Ivy J. Buckwell, of Macleod, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD113 |
Markings | VR-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dalen Protestant Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Plot 1N. Row 7. Grave 167. |
Epitaph | ABSENT FROM THE BODY, PRESENT WITH THE LORD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 138 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/120100 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-05-1943 |
End Date | 14-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (65% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 442 aircraft, 24 losses (5.4%). Decoy markers drew much of the bombing away from the target. Little information available from local sources about the extent of the damage. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on the return leg from 18000'. Crashed at Dalen, near Emmen, Holland |