Garraway, Derek Peter
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Derek Peter |
Surname | Garraway |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Group Captain Frederick Frank Garraway, O.B.E. (Killed On Active Service, 12th May, 1941), and of Buddug Garraway, of Cockfosters, Barnet, Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV873 |
Markings | EY-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Clichy Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 16. Row 16. Grave 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 168 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 175558 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at this airfield and gave their lives during World War II |
Location | External, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | 78 Sqn 4 Group Bomber Command Yorkshire 1939 - 1945 To All Who Served |
Location | Internal, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Board, Memorial Chapel featuring Cross made from Halifax wreckage |
Memorial Text | The 78 Sqn Memorial in the Churchyard was dedicated by the Bishop of Selby on 7th September 1986. RAF Breighton, two miles from this church was the Sqn's home from June 1943 to May 1945 |
Location | Outside "B" Hangar, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of all who have lost their lives serving with 78 Sqn Royal Air Force "Nemo Non Paratus - Nobody Unprepared" |
Miscellaneous Information
His father, G/C Frederick Garraway, was killed whilst fighting a fire following a Luftwaffe attack on Linton on Ouse on 12th May 1941. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/661/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/661/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-04-1944 |
End Date | 27-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Villeneuve- to bomb railway yards |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed in the southern suburbs of Paris at Choisy-le-Roi |