Oneson, Paul Patrick Augustus
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Paul Patrick Augustus |
Surname | Oneson |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas O. and Margaret Byrne Oneson, of Dorval, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1113 |
Markings | LQ-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Weststellingwerf (Noordwolde) Protestant Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Plot G. Row 1. Grave 8. |
Epitaph | BELOVED SON OF THOMAS ONESON AND MARGARET BYRNE OF DORVAL, QUEBEC, CANADA |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 221 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/56246 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-06-1942 |
End Date | 30-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (97% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 253 aircraft with Germany reporting extensive damage to Focke-Wulf and the AG Weser U-boat shipyard plus other infrastructure. 11 aircraft lost |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Noordwolde, Holland |