Davis, Basil Owen
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Basil Owen |
Surname | Davis |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Owen Davis and Pearl Lillian Davis. Husband of Ruth Mabel Davis, of Woodchester, Gloucestershire. A.C.A. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF412 |
Markings | M5-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 266. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 153 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 162484 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
An Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2044/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-02-1945 |
End Date | 06-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. One of 63 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |