Collett, Russell Thomas Joshua
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Russell Thomas Joshua |
Surname | Collett |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley Collett and of Minnie Collett (Nee Pascoe). Husband of Aurore E. Collett (Nee Ferrier), of Ste. Marguerite Station, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | R9356 |
Markings | BU-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. J. 4. |
Epitaph | SO NEAR IS GOD TO MAN, WHEN DUTY WHISPERS LOW, THOU MUST, THE YOUTH REPLIES, I CAN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 146 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/77329 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-09-1942 |
End Date | 20-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (75% moon) |
Operation | Munich. 89 aircraft, 6 losses (6.7%). Approx 40% of the bombers dropped their bomb loads within 3 miles of the target |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hader, Germany |