Walsh, Terence John Patrick
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Terence John Patrick |
Surname | Walsh |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 18-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Esther Ellen Walsh, of Southmead, Gloucestershire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA970 |
Markings | MG-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2. F. 22-26. |
Epitaph | R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 161010 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Miscellaneous Information
Records indicate that this was the crew's last sortie before being screened from operations |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/100/21 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/100/20 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-11-1943 |
End Date | 19-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 395 aircraft, 23 losses (5.8%). This was one of the larger diversionary raids and accounts for the high losses. By comparison, the main raid (On Berlin) registered 2.0% losses. There was cloud cover over the target and bombing was scattered as a result. Most of the damage fell to the north of the town, where the Daimler Benz car plant suffered a 90% loss in production as a result. 21 deaths on the ground and 7500 people were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Major Helmut Weinreich of Stab/JG 301, flying an Fw 190 A-5 from Frankfurt – Rhein-Main airfield. His aircraft was severely damaged by return fire and he was later killed when attempting to force-land his aircraft at Frankfurt – Rhein-Main airfield. |