Knowles, George Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | George Alfred |
Surname | Knowles |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Date of Death | 18-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Mary Knowles, of Normanton, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VI |
Serial Number | RG564 |
Markings | C8-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 275. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 195 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 3040961 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/31 |
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 | 18-04-1945 |
End Date | 18-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Heligoland- to attack the naval base |