McCullough, David Louis Caskey
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | David Louis Caskey |
Surname | McCullough |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Dr. David Louis McCullough and Dr. Mary Gill Caskey McCullough, of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NP945 |
Markings | QB-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 16. F. 5-6. |
Epitaph | ONE WHO NEVER TURNED HIS BACK BUT MARCHED BREAST FORWARD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 208 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/35940 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 424 (Tiger) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian personnel who served at RAF Skipton on Swale during WW2, including 424 Sqn RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
This crew was on its fifth sortie |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-12-1944 |
End Date | 07-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Osnabrück. 453 aircraft, 8 losses. The first major raid on this target in more than two years. The railway yards were only partly damaged but the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory was hit. 39 people were killed |
Reason for Loss |