Cato, Percy Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Percy Charles |
Surname | Cato |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry and Rose Eleanor Cato, of Ealing, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1066 |
Markings | DY- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. D. 19. |
Epitaph | TILL WE MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1261952 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-10-1942 |
End Date | 02-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (54% moon) |
Operation | Flensburg. 27 Halifax sorties, 12 lost (44.4%). Good bombing results but at a high cost to 4 Group |
Reason for Loss |