Elmore, Bruce Alan
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Bruce Alan |
Surname | Elmore |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley Harry Elmore and Florence Elmore (née O’Brien), of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Husband of Ruth Helen Clark Elmore (née Cowsill), whom he married on 1 August 1941 at Montreal. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK954 |
Markings | NA-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 13743. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 160 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/20855 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | South Kyme Golf Club, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the crew of Halifax LK954 LK-E of 428 (RCAF) Sqn who crashed near here 3rd Nov 1943 |
Location | South Kyme Golf Club, Lincolnshire - 2nd memorial |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with inscribed slate tablet & concrete tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the crew of Halifax LK954 LK-E of 428 (RCAF) Sqn who crashed near here 3rd Nov 1943 |
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Miscellaneous Information
Bruce was born on 19 July 1918 at Toronto. His father, a druggist, was born at Hagersville, Ontario and his mother was born at Toronto. He had a brother Roland and a sister Patricia. The schools he attended were Regal Road school, Toronto1925- 1931, Isaac Brook 1932-1934, Gordon Bell 1935-1936 and finally Wesley College 1936-1937 (Science)- all in Winnipeg. His sport interests were swimming, soccer and tennis and he worked for the family S. H. Elmore Drugs as an apprentice between 1938-1941. |
After initial training he arrived at 3PRC on 18 December 1942 followed by 23 OTU 23 February 1943 and 428 Sqn 27 May 1943. He was then to lose his life on 3 November 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-11-1943 |
End Date | 04-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Düsseldorf. 589 aircraft, 7 losses (3.1%). The local report is sparse, no doubt due to the sheer onslaught they had received in recent weeks. There was, however, extensive damage to both industrial and residential buildings. This was the first raid to include the G-H blind bombing system, who whilst acting as part of the main force attempted to bomb the Mannesmann tubular steel works in the city. Of the 38 aircraft so quipped, 5 returned early and two were Lost On 16 of the remaining aircraft the equipment failed to function correctly, leaving only 15 to bomb the factory. The local report does mention that 'several assembly halls were burnt out' so the experiment was a qualified success. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at South Kyme, NE of Sleaford, Lincs |