Tracey, Harold Vernon
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Harold Vernon |
Surname | Tracey |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 30-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Marada Fay Tracey, of Centreville, New Brunswick, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR757 |
Markings | NP-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5A. D. 14. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/84804 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Squadron Motto | Strength in unity |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
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 27/1048/29 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/28 |
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 | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 329 aircraft, 21 losses (6.4%). Poor weather conditions with significant icing problems. PFF marking was inaccurate and the main force arrived late and bombing was largely ineffective |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed in the NW suburbs of Hamburg |