Watt, Alexander Clubb
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander Clubb |
Surname | Watt |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 17-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Grandson of Isabella Watt, of St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT542 |
Markings | NF-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Malta |
Burial/Memorial Place | Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 17. |
Epitaph | LOVELY MEMORIES ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 571759 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 38 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Squadron Motto | For freedom |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe |
Location | St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH |
Memorial Text | Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force |
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Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-12-1942 |
End Date | 17-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Luqa |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Transit from Cairo, via Malta |
Reason for Loss | Crashed just beyond the runway at Zeitun claiming the lives of all 17 crew and passengers on board |