Garthwaite, Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Herbert |
Surname | Garthwaite |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leonard Stanley and Ethel Garthwaite, of Austerfield. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | LW344 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Austerfield (St. Helena) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Right of entrance. |
Epitaph | WE HAVE LOST HEAVEN HATH GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THIS EARTH CONTAINED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 168 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 179288 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 1656 HCU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-09-1944 |
End Date | 02-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lindholme |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Flew into a thunderstorm and iced up. Fell, out of control, on Little Casterton, east of Oakham, Rutland |