Ward, Alan James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alan James |
Surname | Ward |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-10-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ400 |
Markings | Z5-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 28. G. 8-13. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0140 (Block 2, Column 19, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1581798 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 462 (Australian) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of MZ400 crew 462 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Mable Monument |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served at Driffield during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1917/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1917/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-10-1944 |
End Date | 10-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Driffield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 435 aircraft, 5 losses (1.1%). The target was cloud covered and the bombing was scattered as a result. Some damage to the southern districts of Bochum with 140 houses being destroyed and approximately 150 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by anti-aircraft fire and disintegrated in the air. Various portion of the aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Bredenschild, a village approx 8 miles South West of Bochum. |