Davy, Harry Denis
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Harry Denis |
Surname | Davy |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank Davy and Eva Davy (née Slocombe), of Woodville, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PA977 |
Markings | LQ-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. E. 22. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/35523 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
After initial training Harry embarked from Canada on 22 October 1943 and he arrived in the U.K. at 3(RCAF) PRC on 31 October 1943. He was at 6(0)AFU 25 January 1944, 22 OTU 7 March 1944, 62 Base 25 April 1944 and 405 Squadron on 26 June 1944. Harry sadly lost his life on 22 December 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/23 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1789/22 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-12-1944 |
End Date | 23-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (54% moon) |
Operation | Bingen- to bomb the railway yards. 106 aircraft, 3 losses (2.8%). Bombing was particularly accurate, cutting this supply route to the battle front completely. Some blast damage to neighbouring houses but no fatalities or injuries whatsoever. |
Reason for Loss | Harry was born on 14 February 1919 at Woodville, Ontario. His father was born at Keighley, Yorkshire, England and he worked as a carpenter, his mother was born in South Wales. He had brothers John, Walter and Albert and sisters Mabel and Violet. His brother Albert was a Staff Sergeant in the Canadian Army. Harry attended Bruce Public school 1925-1934 followed by Danforth Tech 1934-1938. The sports he engaged in were baseball, tennis, swimming, and basketball. He worked at a glass and mirror company in Stratford, Ontario as a Storefront Designer from 1938 until enlisting on 21 February 1942. |