Cuthbert, David Duncan
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | David Duncan |
Surname | Cuthbert |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of David James Wilson Cuthbert and Isabella Dorothea Cuthbert. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR735 |
Markings | NP-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 25. B. 1. |
Epitaph | TO THE WORLD, HE WAS JUST ONE, BUT TO ME, HE WAS MY WORLD. HIS MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 152 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1573822 |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/35 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/34 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-06-1943 |
End Date | 22-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Krefeld. 705 aircraft, 44 losses (6.2%) with night-fighters counting for most of the losses (the night was moonlit). PFF marking was near-perfect (using Oboe). A large fire in the centre of Krefeld raged unchecked for many hours. Over 5500 houses destroyed, 1056 people killed and 72000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Berlicum, Holland |