Hardy, William Albert George
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | William Albert George |
Surname | Hardy |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Nelson Hardy, and of Annie M. Hardy, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT741 |
Markings | LQ-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Uden War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. E. 13. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM. AT REST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 177 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/10054 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-04-1943 |
End Date | 01-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 305 aircraft, 12 losses (3.9%). Cloud had been forecast over the target so marking using Oboe alone was planned. The plan worked very well and damage was caused right across the city, i.e. was not concentrated. The Krupps factory was again hit. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Oosterhout, NNW of Nijmegen, Holland |