Wadman, Lester McBride
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Lester McBride |
Surname | Wadman |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Theodore James Wadman, and of Mabel P. Wadman, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BK697 |
Markings | LS-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Verdun-Sur-Meuse (Faubourg Pave) French National Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Allied Plot. Grave 2. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 258 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/11120 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/54 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/53 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-03-1943 |
End Date | 09-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Nuremburg. 335 aircraft, 8 losses (2.4%) using H2S and visual marking as Nuremburg was out of the range of Oboe. Ground haze prevented accurate marking and as a result the bombing was spread over a wide area, much of it outside the city limits. Much damage of MAN and Siemens factories together with railway installations. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed with both starboard engines ablaze at Champneuville, France |