Parkinson, Alan Irwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alan Irwin |
Surname | Parkinson |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alan Ross Parkinson and Irene Althea Parkinson, of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7613 |
Markings | HA-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | AIII. 8. 3. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 223 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 411774 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
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
In 1943 two boys found an incendiary bomb at the crash site which exploded and critically injured both boys. Eighteen years later one died as a direct result of the earlier explosion |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-10-1942 |
End Date | 02-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (54% moon) |
Operation | Lubeck. 25 Stirlings from 3 Group, 3 lost. Bombing was scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Skallingen peninsula near to Esbjerg harbour |