Parker, Jeffrey Felgate
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Jeffrey Felgate |
Surname | Parker |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred James Parker and Olive Felgate Parker, of Kensington Gardens, South Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LN295 |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14321. |
Epitaph | WHAT IS, IS BEST . A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER AND SWEETHEART |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 222 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 416886 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 27 OTU |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Stencilled Composite Panels |
Memorial Text | This memorial is a tribute to all those both military and civil who came from many countries to serve at RAF Lichfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-11-1943 |
End Date | 07-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lichfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (71% moon) |
Operation | Training- evening navigational detail |
Reason for Loss | Collided with X3924 flying on a north easterly course at the same height. LN295 went into a dive from which the pilot was unable to recover. He gave the order to abandon the aircraft, but the inter-com was u/s and the call light could not be found. |