Nicholas, Bertram Horace
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Bertram Horace |
Surname | Nicholas |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horatio and Blanche Nicholas. Husband of Joy I. Nicholas, of Dowlais, Glamorgan. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB671 |
Markings | OF-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot KK. Coll. grave 28-31. |
Epitaph | REMEMBRANCE, THE GOLDEN CHAIN THAT LINKS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN. MUM, DAD AND JOY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 218 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1298586 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-03-1944 |
End Date | 25-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 811 aircraft, 72 losses (8.9%). Known as the 'night of the strong winds', a very powerful wind from the north tended to push the aircraft south at every stage of the operation. As a result, the bomber stream became very scattered, allowing fighters to pick off stragglers, although 50 of the aircraft Lost were hit by flak. Around 20000 were bombed out but no industrial premises were hit. This was the last major raid on Berlin of the war. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Weebosch, a small village just north of Luijksgestel, Netherlands |