Grover, Henry Arthur Died

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Personal Information

Rank F/S
Forename(s) Henry Arthur
Surname Grover
Gender M
Age 21
Date of Death 15-10-1942
Next of Kin Son of Josiah Grover and Jessie Hamilton M. Grover (née Smith) of St Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada.
GROVER HA

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Vickers Wellington II
Serial Number BK270
Markings VR-

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 104.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 174
GROVER HA

Location

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Panel 174
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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 174

Enlistment Information

Service Number R/84043
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 419 (Moose)
Squadron Motto Moosa aswayita
Trade Air Gunner
Country of Origin Canada

Other Memorials

Location Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF
Location Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue
Memorial Text In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF
Location Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial
Memorial Text A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Gardens, Propeller, Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text In everlasting homage to the courage of those who have found their winged victory through the skies of Yorkshire
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text They made the supreme sacrifice so that you & I may go in peace with freedom. 4 Group 1939 - 1945.
Location Heslington Hall, York, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Heslington Hall 1941 - 1945, 4 Gp Headquarters Bomber Command. In remembrance of those Air & Ground personnel who made the supreme sacrifice that we all may walk in peace with freedom

Miscellaneous Information

Henry was born on 7 February 1921 at Grantham Township, Lincoln County, Ontario. His father was born in London, England and his mother in Rutherglen, Scotland. His father had been a butcher but had retired due to ill health. He attended Robertson School, 1930-1935 (General), followed by St. Catherines Collegiate 1935-1940. For sport he enjoyed basketball, swimming and volleyball. Between 1937-1939, Henry worked as a clerk on Saturdays, at Muir's Shoe Store. He then worked at the Morse company in Toronto as a collector of money until enlistment on 20 December 1940.
After embarking from Canada on 8 January 1942 bound for the U.K., Henry arrived at 3 PRC on 21 January 1942. He then went to 3 (0) AFU on 14 April 1942, 22 OTU 26 May, 1942, 10 Conversion Flt. 28 August 1942 and 419 Squadron, 30 August 1942.

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/20
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/20

Fellow Servicemen

Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.

Name Outcome
Anderton P J (Sgt) Died
Jolley J P (F/S) Died
Noonan V O (Sgt) Died
Scourfield L R (F/O) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 15-10-1942
End Date 16-10-1942
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night Raid Night (39% moon)
Operation Cologne. 289 aircraft, 18 losses (6.2%). PFF had difficulty in identifying the target and as a result were unable to draw the main force from a decoy fire.
Reason for Aircraft Loss Crashed at Monchengladbach and burst into flames
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Casualty Pack

IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

The CPs are in the process of being made available to the general public as they are passed from the MOD Records Office, Portsmouth to National Archives, Kew. This process requires some rework to the files which is very time consuming, so the process of making them all available to National Archives will take several years. They are being made available in increasing date order.

Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

The AIR81 reference on the IBCC website is a link to the file on the National Archives website. When you click on it, the relevant page will open in a new tab on your browser.

There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

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