Fawcett, Milton Argue
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Milton Argue |
Surname | Fawcett |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Benjamin C. and Sarah Fawcett, of Fort Frances, Ontario, C.Anada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1610 |
Markings | JN-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 46. |
Epitaph | O LOVE THAT WILT NOT LET ME GO, I REST MY WEARY SOUL IN THEE (Hymn - O Love, that wilt not let me go) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 162 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/68576 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 150 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Snaith Memorial Gardens, Pollington, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Monument, Bench & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of the airmen of R.A.F. 51 Sqn. (687) and 150 Sqn. (205) between 1941 - 1945 |
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, Pollington, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Plaque and Rolls of Honour |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the Personnel of 150 Squadron R.A.F. Snaith 1941-1942 Not for themselves alone |
Location | St. Laurence Priory Church, Snaith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering the crew of Wellington III Z165I JN-M of 150 Sqn. R.A.F. Snaith 13/14th 09/1942 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1010/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1010/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-06-1942 |
End Date | 28-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Snaith |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed near Amersfoort, Holland |