Meadows, Walter
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Walter |
Surname | Meadows |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-09-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter and Hannah Meadows, of Askrigg, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | R3843 |
Markings | WV- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 30. A. 12. |
Epitaph | THE TREE OF LIBERTY GREW, AND CHANGED AND SPREAD (Alice Duer Miller Poem: The White Cliffs Stanza 52 "The tree of Liberty grew and changed and spread, But the seed was English. I am American bred, I have seen much to hate here— much to forgive, But in a world where England is finished and dead, I do not wish to live"). |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 211 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 924395 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 18 (Burma) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Terminal Building, Norwich Airport, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | Memorial to the aircrew of the RAF and USAAF who served and gave their lives whilst operating from RAF Horsham St Faith |
Miscellaneous Information
On an earlier sortie, this aircraft dropped Douglas Bader's replacement artificial leg by parachute on St. Omer after he had been shot down 10 days earlier. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/9193 (P362425/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/243/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/243/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-09-1941 |
End Date | 20-09-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Horsham St. Faith |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Anti-shipping patrol |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by marine flak whilst attacking a convoy |