Sidorchuk, Nicholas Died

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Personal Information

Rank F/S
Forename(s) Nicholas
Surname Sidorchuk
Gender M
Age 21
Date of Death 09-11-1942
Next of Kin Son of Pawal Sidorchuk and Tustina Sidorchuk (née Ustimenko), of Montreal, Province of Québec, Canada.
SIDORCHUK N

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7864
Markings DY-F

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 106.

IBCC Memorial Information

Map
Directions to panel 241
SIDORCHUK N

Location

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Panel 241
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Directions From the Chadwick Centre, take the central path towards The Spire.

Phase 2
Panel Number 241

Enlistment Information

Service Number R/79014
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 102 (Ceylon)
Squadron Motto Tenate et perficite (Attempt and achieve)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of Origin Canada

Other Memorials

Location St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above
Memorial Text 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge
Location Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque
Memorial Text Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Memorial Gardens, Propeller, Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text In everlasting homage to the courage of those who have found their winged victory through the skies of Yorkshire
Location Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets
Memorial Text They made the supreme sacrifice so that you & I may go in peace with freedom. 4 Group 1939 - 1945.
Location Heslington Hall, York, North Yorkshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Heslington Hall 1941 - 1945, 4 Gp Headquarters Bomber Command. In remembrance of those Air & Ground personnel who made the supreme sacrifice that we all may walk in peace with freedom

Miscellaneous Information

Nicholas was born on 26 March 1921 in Topcze Poland. His father worked as a labourer and was born at Topcze and his mother at Rovno. He had a sister Violet. The schools he attended were Aberdeen school in Montreal 1933-1938 and then Strathearn High, 1938-1940 (Commercial), also in Montreal. The sports he enjoyed were swimming, skiing and skating and his hobby was reading. Nicholas worked at the Manoir Richelieu in Murray Bay as a kitchen man, a buss boy and as a waiter, between 1938-1940.
He enlisted on 2 January 1941 and after training was posted to the U.K. He embarked from Canada on 24 January 1942 and after arrival at 3PRC in January 1942 he went to 1 S.S. 17 March 1942, 2 (0) AFU 11 May 1942 and 102 Squadron 24 September 1942. Nicholas very sadly lost his life on 9 November 1942.

The National Archives

Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/40
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/40

Fellow Servicemen

Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.

Name Outcome
Brook C C (Sgt) Died
Dunlop T E (P/O) Died
Fetherston T R N (F/S) Died
Hope F W (Sgt) Died
Neville G A (F/S) Died
Player J K (F/S) Died
Riddle M V (Sgt) Died

Last Operation Information

Start Date 09-11-1942
End Date 10-11-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night Raid Night (3% moon)
Operation Hamburg. 213 aircraft, 15 losses (7.0%). Many weather problems, including cloud, wind and icing, and absence of a successful PFF marker conspired to make this raid relatively unsuccessful
Reason for Aircraft Loss Lost without trace
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Casualty Pack

IBCC is delighted to introduce a unique facility to link the Losses Database to the relevant RAF Casualty Pack on the National Archives website. This project is the result of on-going collaboration between IBCC, the MOD Records Office and National Archives, Kew. This document describes what Casualty Packs are, when they were created, the process of making them available to the public and then goes on to describe the process by which you can view the contents of the packs. Casualty Packs (CPs) were created by the RAF whenever there was serious injury or loss of life associated with operational activity within the RAF. This includes operational flying losses, enemy action due to air raids, road accidents either on station or even off-station if they involved RAF vehicles. Deaths due to natural causes in service or accidents that did not involve RAF vehicles did not generally give rise to a CP.

CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

The CPs are in the process of being made available to the general public as they are passed from the MOD Records Office, Portsmouth to National Archives, Kew. This process requires some rework to the files which is very time consuming, so the process of making them all available to National Archives will take several years. They are being made available in increasing date order.

Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

The AIR81 reference on the IBCC website is a link to the file on the National Archives website. When you click on it, the relevant page will open in a new tab on your browser.

There is currently no plan to digitise AIR81 files, partly because they are fragile and partly because the information they contain can at times be sensitive, even harrowing, since they may contain exhumation reports and even photographs of corpses. Family members wishing to read the AIR81 files relating to their ancestors are advised to exercise caution and be guided by National Archives warnings where appropriate.

There are two means for accessing AIR81 files- to attend in person or to order a copy by post.

To attend in person, the attendee should first create a Reader’s Ticket. This can be done online by following this link: https://secure.nationalarchives.gov.uk/login/yourdetails. Then click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and click Order in Advance. Enter your Reader’s Ticket number and state the date on which you intend to visit. National Archives will have the file ready for you when you arrive, saving you time. When you visit Kew, you must quote the Reader’s Ticket number and take along two forms of ID- one bearing your signature and one bearing your address. When you view the files, you are permitted to take photographs of each page, should you wish.

Alternatively, if you wish to order a copy by post, please be aware that there is a charge for this service based on the number of pages in the file. Click on the AIR81 reference on the IBCC website and then click Request a Copy. There is an £8.40 charge for National Archives staff to access the file and give you a quotation for the copying service. The process takes around 24 days to complete and can be expensive.

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