Haithwaite, Norman
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Norman |
Surname | Haithwaite |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 26-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Emily Haithwaite, of Laneshaw Bridge, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | N1383 |
Markings | DY-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Vadum Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave B. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 175 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 524167 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering the crew of N1383 102 Sqn RAF Driffield At rest in Vadum Denmark |
Location | Store Vildmosen, Vildmosen, Nordjyland Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone & information board |
Memorial Text | Her faldt 4 allierede flyvert den 26 April 1940 |
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
On detachment from Driffield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/807/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/807/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-04-1940 |
End Date | 26-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Kinloss |
Day/Night Raid | Night (82% moon) |
Operation | Alborg |
Reason for Loss | Believed hit by flak and crashed on Store Vildmose, Denmark, one of the crew surviving |