Sawyer, Rupert Claude
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Rupert Claude |
Surname | Sawyer |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy Charles and Ella May Sawyer, of Rownhams, Hampshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT801 |
Markings | TL-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Haaksbergen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 4. Row 2. Grave 8. |
Epitaph | IN GOD'S KEEPING TILL WE MEET AGAIN MOTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 238 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 125574 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 35 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, C |
Location | All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1943 |
End Date | 13-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 572 aircraft, 34 losses (5.9%). Near-perfect PFF marking lead to highly concentrated bombing and a significant improvement on the three preceding recent raids on Duisburg. The centre and port areas of the city were badly damaged, including four of the August Thyssen steel plants. Such was the success of this raid that no further raids were planned on Duisburg for some time. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on outbound leg at 10000' and crashed ESE of Haaksbergen, Holland close tot he Dutch-German border |