Ducker, Benjamin Victor Lloyd
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Benjamin Victor Lloyd |
Surname | Ducker |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry and Minnie Mary Ducker, of Lashburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. Husband of Louisa Beryl Ducker. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE503 |
Markings | SE-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Sweden |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kviberg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. A. 5. |
Epitaph | THIS THOUGHT SOOTHES OUR PAIN; WE'LL YET BE JOINED IN HEART AND ONE DAY MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 157 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/75458 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served on 431 Sqn RCAF at RCAF Burn, 1942-1943 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed metal plaques & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Old Control Tower, former airfield site, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-03-1943 |
End Date | 27-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Burn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (73% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 455 aircraft, 6 losses (1.3%). This raid was a failure because 5 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes were forced to return to base due to technical difficulties, so no sky marking had been possible. As a result bombing was scattered |
Reason for Loss | Presumed crashed into the sea |