McWhinney, Albert Richard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Albert Richard |
Surname | McWhinney |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 03-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of George G. and Jessie Maude McWhinney, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM685 |
Markings | JI-B2 |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 20. C. 13-15. |
Epitaph | THERE IS A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER, LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 211 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/7729 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 514 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial and RoH |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 514 Sqn who served at RAF Waterbeach 1943-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1979/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1979/3 |
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 | 03-02-1945 |
End Date | 04-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Waterbeach |
Day/Night Raid | Night (63% moon) |
Operation | Dortmund- to attack the Hansa benzol facility. 149 Lancasters, all from 3 Group, 4 lost. |