Platt, Orville Insell
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Orville Insell |
Surname | Platt |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 17-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of John G. and Catherine J. Platt. Husband of Joan Margaret Platt, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | X9630 |
Markings | BL-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 61. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 226 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/51858 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 40 |
Squadron Motto | Hostem a caelo expellere (To drive the enemy from the sky) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Platt Creek, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Creek |
Memorial Text |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7680 (P360614/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/412/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/412/33 |
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 | 16-07-1941 |
End Date | 17-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Alconbury |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast |