Tagg, Lancelot
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Lancelot |
Surname | Tagg |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Date of Death | 21-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Lancelot and Frances Tagg. Husband of Frances Mabel Tagg, of Arksey, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BF463 |
Markings | WP-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Copenhagen (Bispebjerg) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | X. 7. 45. |
Epitaph | AT THE RISING OF THE SUN AS AT THE SETTING WE SHALL REMEMBER HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 250 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1425260 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 90 |
Squadron Motto | We seek alone |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside location, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Airmen of XC Sqn, No 3 Bomb Group flying operations from here with the Mk 1 Stirling Bomber December 1943 until May 1943 |
Location | St. Mary & All the Saints Church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In loving memory of Henry Philip Lee Warner AFC DFC. Only Son of Philip Henry & Mary King Lee Warner. Actg S/L RAFVR killed in action over Germany Aug 26th 1944 in his 32nd year |
Location | Village Green, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial atopped with Inscribed Silver Sun-Dial |
Memorial Text | For all those who served their country as part of XC Sqn RAF |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Sqn Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | They grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning, we will remember them |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/731/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/731/13 |
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.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1943 |
End Date | 21-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Ridgewell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Rostock. 86 Stirlings to attack the Henkel factory. A deliberate smoke screen hid the factory and the bombing was scattered as a result. 8 losses (9.3%). |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak and crashed into the Storebaelt near Sprogo, Denmark |