Davis, Victor Allenby
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Victor Allenby |
Surname | Davis |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 11-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Eva E. M. Davis, of Farnborough, Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB184 |
Markings | 6O-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 18. B. 9. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVE YOU IS NOT TO DIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 153 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1172743 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 582 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Airfield Site, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to RAF Little Staughton, including 109 Sqn |
Location | All Saints Church, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | In memory of 109 and 582 Sqns. At R.A.F. Little Staughton |
Miscellaneous Information
The surviving six crew members all became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-09-1944 |
End Date | 11-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Little Staughton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Castrop-Rauxel synthetic oil plant. Part of a 379 aircraft attack on three synthetic oil plants. Castrop-Rauxel and Kamen were clearly visible and accurately bombed but the Gelsenkirchen (Nordstern) plant was protected by a smoke screen and although it was bombed, it was not possible to see the results. This attack was escorted by 26 squadrons of fighters- 20 of Spitfires and three each of Mustangs and Tempests although in fact no enemy fighters were encountered. 8 losses in all- one of which due to 'friendly fire' |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Bergbossendorf, SW of Haltern, Germany |