Walker, Percy Thomas Walter
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Percy Thomas Walter |
Surname | Walker |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-10-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy William and Mary Catherine Walker, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8419 |
Markings | LQ-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 62. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 258 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/78239 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
Unusual crew in being entirely from overseas |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/9777 (P363193/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-10-1941 |
End Date | 23-10-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (9% moon) |
Operation | Le Havre |
Reason for Loss | Presumed lost over the sea on return leg (w/t signal received indicating a successful attack at 2030hrs) |