Macintyre, Roderick Hector
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Roderick Hector |
Surname | Macintyre |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Newton Macintyre and Dorothy Grace Macintyre. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5377 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 88. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 202 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1381478 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 15 OTU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Survivors: Captain P/O D M Struthers, Navigator Sgt. L. Cooper, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt W E Morton, Air Gunner Sgt W S Shewell (born in Canada but lived most of his life in America, although enlisted with RCAF) Hospitalised at Rabat until Dec 1942 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-10-1942 |
End Date | 03-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Harwell |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Transit to Bathurst, Gambia via Gibraltar. |
Reason for Loss | Departed Gibraltar at 04:32 hrs local time on 3 Oct. and crashed (reason unknown) into the sea off Cape Ghir, Morocco. |