Skipwith, Grey D'Estotville Townsend
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Grey D'Estotville Townsend |
Surname | Skipwith |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sir Grey Humberston D'Estoteville Skipwith, 11th Baronet, and Elsie Maude Skipwith (née Allison-Browne). Husband of Princess Sofka Skipwith née Dolgorouky. Father of Sir Patrick Alexander D'Estoteville Skipwith, 12th Baronet (1938-2016). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5392 |
Markings | NP-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 9. F. 9-12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 242 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 82194 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with inscribed marble tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women who served at RAF Stradishall, including 158 Sqn RAF |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-05-1942 |
End Date | 31-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Driffield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 1047 sortie raid- the first of the 1000 Bomber Raids. 1455 tons of bombs dropped, one third being incendiaries. Local reports state that there were 1700 large fires but no firestorm unlike Rostock and Lubeck since Cologne was a modern city with building |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the outskirts of Duisburg |