Nielsen, Murray Wilton
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Murray Wilton |
Surname | Nielsen |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Lawrence Fredrick and Laura Margaret Nielsen. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA503 |
Markings | DY-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot H/3. Grave 99. |
Epitaph | HIS NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE, HALLOWED IN THE LAND HE LOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 219 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 26423 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-07-1944 |
End Date | 30-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Normandy- to bomb enemy strong points in the battle area. Part of a 692 aircraft raid on 6 German positions in front of the American ground forces. The target was cloud covered but 377 aircraft were able to bomb onto Oboe markers. Only two of the six targets were considered to be have been successfully hit. 4 Lancasters lost (0.6%). |
Reason for Loss | Hit trees and crashed near Blockley, NW of Moreton in the Marsh airfield, Gloucestershire |