Hofforth, Bernard Mathew
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Bernard Mathew |
Surname | Hofforth |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 29-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stanley and Margaruite Hofforth, of Foremost, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | DS634 |
Markings | EQ-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 23. A. 13. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 183 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/149223 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Squadron Motto | For freedom |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Miscellaneous Information
This crew were within a few days of being screened from operations |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed west of Spieka, SSW of Cuxhaven, Germany |