Heitmann, Alan Walter
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Alan Walter |
Surname | Heitmann |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Ernest and Ada Maude Heitmann, of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | MM194 |
Markings | M5-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 15752. |
Epitaph | ALL HE HAD HOPED FOR, ALL HE HAD, HE GAVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 180 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 409918 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 128 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to War Memorial, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Metal Plaque & Info Board |
Memorial Text | In memory of those brave RAF airmen who died and of those who survived plane crashes in and near Chatteris 1939 - 1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-01-1945 |
End Date | 15-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 83 Mosquitoes, 6 lost (of which 5 were lost due to bad weather on return to base) |
Reason for Loss | Ran low on fuel and partially abandoned before crashing near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire |