Daniel, George Cedric
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | George Cedric |
Surname | Daniel |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-03-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Ernest Daniel and Sarah Jane Daniel (née Taylor), of 29 North Street, Warsop Vale, Warsop. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | N2746 |
Markings | BU-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Groningen (Esserveld) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot RP. Row Class 2. Coll. grave 25. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 152 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 618264 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 6 March 1918. Known as Danny Daniels to his crew. His father was a colliery fitter at Markham Colliery near Duckmanton. |
Air gunner 910761 Sgt. D.W. Waters RAF was the sole survivor, who bacame a PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-03-1941 |
End Date | 14-03-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter Ofw Paul Gildner (IV/NJG1) and crashed close to Groningen, Holland |