Phillips, Victor Wilfred
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Victor Wilfred |
Surname | Phillips |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 03-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry and Esther June Phillips, of Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax iii |
Serial Number | HX271 |
Markings | HD-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dreux Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Joint grave 31. |
Epitaph | IN GOD'S CARE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 226 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 428454 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served in Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1944 |
End Date | 03-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Trappes- to bomb the railway yards. 128 aircraft, 16 losses (12.5%). Most of the bombing fell in the eastern portion of the target area |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Dannemarie, SSE of Houdan, France |