Haylock, Basil Theodore
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Basil Theodore |
Surname | Haylock |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of George and May Haylock, of Sidcup, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | X9787 |
Markings | DX- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 24. D. 9. |
Epitaph | AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER. MUM, DAD AND JACK (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
Ribbon Stone | 0858 (Block 10, Column 10, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 179 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1330217 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 57 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Sgt Basil Haylock & crew of X9787 57 Sqn Lost on 3rd June 1942 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/538/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1942 |
End Date | 03-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Feltwell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (80% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 195 aircraft. Little damage to town. 14 aircraft lost |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed N of Gildehaus, Germany |