Colquhoun, William Love
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | William Love |
Surname | Colquhoun |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Mary Ritchie Colquhoun, of Port Logan, Wigtownshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | RG436 |
Markings | NP-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Venray War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VIII. F. 1. |
Epitaph | ASLEEP HE LIES IN A FOREIGN LAND, THE ONE WE LOVED SO WELL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 147 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1597554 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
All four survivors were injured. One of them- Sgt W J Jones- wrote an account of his escape from this Halifax in a book entitled 'In Brave Company' by W R Chorley |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1050/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1050/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-02-1945 |
End Date | 21-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (68% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf to mark the Rhenania Ossag oil refinery. 173 aircraft, 5 losses. A very accurate attack with all production being stopped at the facility |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the vicinity of Jülich, then controlled by the 9th US Army |