Walsh, Archibald Philip
Personal Information
Rank | W/C |
Forename(s) | Archibald Philip |
Surname | Walsh |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | DFC, AFC |
Date of Death | 03-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis Philip and Edith Anne Walsh, of London, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3711 |
Markings | VR-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Warnant-Dinant Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 4. |
Epitaph | IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF DEAR ARCHIE. MOTHER, DAD, MURIEL, REG., ERIC, OLIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 43421 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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
He was the highly-decorated Canadian-born CO, who was flying his 30th operation |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-09-1942 |
End Date | 03-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (47% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe. 200 aircraft despatched- 8 losses (4.0%). PFF achieved good accuracy and as a result the raid was a success. Reconnaissance photographs showed extensive damage to the residential areas and some damage to the industrial centres |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Dinant, Belgium |