Hardcastle, Rosina Doreen
Personal Information
Rank | ACW2 |
Forename(s) | Rosina Doreen |
Surname | Hardcastle |
Gender | F |
Age | 18 |
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Date of Death | 22-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Daughter of Charles Ernest and Florence Ethel Hardcastle, of Streatham Common. London. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Ely Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. C.B. Grave V. |
Epitaph | DEARLY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF C. AND F. HARDCASTLE, STREATHAM COMMON, LONDON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 176 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 2144297 |
Service | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 35 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Ground |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, C |
Location | All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
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Reason for Loss | There are a variety of conflicting reports about ACW2 Hardcastle's death, ranging from having driven a soft-topped vehicle into the rotating airscrew of a Halifax to somebody discharging a Very pistol into her face during some horseplay. It would appear that she died in RAF Hospital Ely since her death is registered in Ely and this is too distant from Graveley to be normal practice. |