Scarcliffe, George Albert
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | George Albert |
Surname | Scarcliffe |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Wallace Scarcliffe and Rebecca Scarcliffe, of Little Steeping, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD454 |
Markings | EY-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. G. 11. |
Epitaph | IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING, NO CHANGE MY HEART SHALL FEAR" EVERLASTING REST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 238 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 144714 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at this airfield and gave their lives during World War II |
Location | External, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | 78 Sqn 4 Group Bomber Command Yorkshire 1939 - 1945 To All Who Served |
Location | Internal, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Board, Memorial Chapel featuring Cross made from Halifax wreckage |
Memorial Text | The 78 Sqn Memorial in the Churchyard was dedicated by the Bishop of Selby on 7th September 1986. RAF Breighton, two miles from this church was the Sqn's home from June 1943 to May 1945 |
Location | Outside "B" Hangar, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of all who have lost their lives serving with 78 Sqn Royal Air Force "Nemo Non Paratus - Nobody Unprepared" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/660/78 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/660/77 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1943 |
End Date | 07-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Munich. 404 aircraft, 16 losses (4.0%). The target was mostly cloud-covered and neither sky or ground marking were particularly effective. Most of the main crew instead made a timed approach from the Ammersee lake, over which they passed on their approach. The bombing was somewhat scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down over the target by a night fighter flown by Oberleutnant Günther Stege of 8./NJG 3, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110G from Lüneburg airfield in Niedersachsen. |