Palmer, Tristram Edward Leonard
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Tristram Edward Leonard |
Surname | Palmer |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Edward and Elizabeth Palmer, of Walton, Stafford. Royal Academy of Music Bronze Medallist. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF313 |
Markings | BU-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eenrum (Westernieland) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave N.470. |
Epitaph | THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD; WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
Ribbon Stone | 1440 (Block 106, Column 12, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 222 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1212564 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering Sgt T.E.L. Palmer 214 Sqn 3.7.32 De Marne |
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
A gifted musician who studied at the Royal Academy of Music |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-07-1942 |
End Date | 03-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. Good visibility and a high proportion of the 325 crews reported good results although it is likely that most of the bombs fell outside the town. Some damage to the port area, including the sinking of one 1700 ton ship |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed onto mudflats at Westernieland near Groningen |