Tulk, Hayward Selby
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Hayward Selby |
Surname | Tulk |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ralph Wellon Tulk and Winifred Tulk, of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB761 |
Markings | VR-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 281. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 256 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95511 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Newfoundland |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
J. L. Grierson RCAF, the regular rear gunner in this crew, was not detailed for this operation due to an earlier motor cycle accident which had led to him being admitted to Middlesborough Hospital. H. Bonnell, the regular mid-upper gunner, was also absent from the crew due to him having sprained his wrist immediately before the briefing, resulting in him being grounded by the Medical Officer. |
Known as Selby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-03-1945 |
End Date | 31-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Hamburg to attack the Blohm and Voss shipbuilding yards, where a new class of U-boats was being assembled. 469 aircraft, 11 lost due to a surprise appearance of the new Me 262 jet-propelled fighter. It was it's only appearance in fact. The target was completely cloud-covered so bombing was scattered throughout Hamburg with little damage to the intended target |
Reason for Loss | Most accounts state that KB761 was shot down by a jet-propelled fighter (Me 262). However, separate accounts from H. Bonnell the crew's regular mid-upper gunner, and R/288007 F/Sgt. F. E. "Woody" Woodworth suggest that in fact it collided with an unspecified Halifax. On the basis that the only other crew whose bodies were never found, and therefore the ones that were also lost over the sea, were the ones aboard MZ922, the unspecified Halifax was almost certainly MZ922. A hand-written note on Bonnell's account states that this information was withheld from the next of kin since it was 'hearsay'. |