Rhodes, Harold Frank
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harold Frank |
Surname | Rhodes |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George S. and Nellie C. Rhodes, of Ripley, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BK564 |
Markings | NA-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 18. D. 17. |
Epitaph | IN GOD'S OWN TIME WE WILL MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 231 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1380860 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Dalton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 149 Wellingtons and 8 Oboe Mosquitoes. 12 Wellingtons lost- 8.0%. New moon and cloudy conditions led to the use of sky-marking but the Mosquitoes were unable to keep to the marking schedule and as a result to raid was a failure |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Gelsenkirchen |