Radford, Horace Stanley Pullen
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Horace Stanley Pullen |
Surname | Radford |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horace and Alice Radford. Husband of Beatrice Ivy Beryl Radford, of Hounslow, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE682 |
Markings | PT-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. F. 5. |
Epitaph | MY BELOVED HUSBAND STAN. HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH, FIGHTING FOR GOD AND LIBERTY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 229 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1206438 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-04-1943 |
End Date | 17-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (87% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 271 aircraft, 18 losses (6.6%). Accurate PFF marking followed by a successful raid. Production stopped at 41 industrial premises. 130 deaths and almost 7000 bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on outbound leg and exploded near Wellin, Belgium |