Howard, Basil Leonard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Basil Leonard |
Surname | Howard |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Thomas Norman Howard and Edith Howard. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | DK137 |
Markings | NP-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 6. D. 1-20. |
Epitaph | ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM (Latin: THY KINGDOM COME) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 185 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 658131 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 608 aircraft, 25 losses (4.1%). PFF went with a 'dual plan' because it was not certain whether there might be a break in the cloud. In fact it was cloud covered so sky-marking had to be used. Only 7 of the 12 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes reached the target and only 6 of these actually dropped markers. Despite this, the main force delivered Cologne's worst attack of the war with 43 industrial, 6 military and 6368 other buildings completely destroyed. The cathedral was also seriously damaged. 4377 deaths and some 230000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Vottem, north of Liège, Belgium |