Evans, Austen Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Austen Douglas |
Surname | Evans |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of George and Elizabeth Ruth Evans. Husband of Cissie Evans, of Amblecote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | V6432 |
Markings | WV- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 28. H. 14. |
Epitaph | RESURGAM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 161 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1155050 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 18 (Burma) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/244/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/244/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-07-1942 |
End Date | 01-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (79% moon) |
Operation | Intruder duties over Venlo airfield |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter crew comprising Hauptmann Streib & Oberfeldwebel Ruscher of Stab I./NJG 1 at 00:35 on 1 August 1942. They were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Fliegerhorst Venlo. Crashed in Lipperdorf, Germany |