Bushell, Herbert Randall
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Herbert Randall |
Surname | Bushell |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of George William and Ruth Bushell. Husband of Stella Bushell, of Minster-In-Sheppey, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ663 |
Markings | KO-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 24. C. 3. |
Epitaph | GOD WILL PROSPER AND BLESS THEE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1261880 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/889/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-09-1942 |
End Date | 05-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 251 aircraft, 12 losses (4.8%). This was the first time PFF used a 3 force strategy- illuminators to light the area with white incendiaries, visual markers who used coloured flares to identify the target and 'backers-up' to drop incendiaries on the previously marked targets. The weather was clear and the raid was a great success. Weser aircraft factory and Atlas shipbuilders seriously hit. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Altenrheine, Germany |