Seward, Frederick Phillip
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Frederick Phillip |
Surname | Seward |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Charles and Cicely Kate Seward. Husband of Edith Kathleen Mary Seward (née Curtis), of Walton-On-Thames, Surrey. Date of marriage July 1942 in Weston super Mare, Edith was a nurse WAAF. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM323 |
Markings | OF-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. A. 7. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. MOTHER, FATHER AND KAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 239 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 86637 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Gospinal (Hautes Faynes), Solwaster, Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Inscribed wooden plaque, memorial stone and inscribed metal plaques |
Memorial Text | AUX AVIATEURS ANGLAIS, TOMBES LE 29 JUIN 1943 POUR NOTRE LIBERTE, DANS LES HAUTES FAGNES PRES DE SART |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 2 May 1920 in Newbury |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 608 aircraft, 25 losses (4.1%). PFF went with a 'dual plan' because it was not certain whether there might be a break in the cloud. In fact it was cloud covered so sky-marking had to be used. Only 7 of the 12 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes reached the target and only 6 of these actually dropped markers. Despite this, the main force delivered Cologne's worst attack of the war with 43 industrial, 6 military and 6368 other buildings completely destroyed. The cathedral was also seriously damaged. 4377 deaths and some 230000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt. Wolfgang Schnaufer of 11./NJG1 and crashed at 01.25hrs into woods on the western side of Hautes Fagnes near Solwaster, Belgium. Amemorial was erected on the side of the road near the crash site in 1954. |