Watters, Ventry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ventry |
Surname | Watters |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis and Moya Ventry Watters, of Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3954 |
Markings | AA- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. F. 5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 413522 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-10-1942 |
End Date | 14-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (19% moon) |
Operation | Kiel. 288 aircraft, 8 losses (2.8%). A decoy fire drew much of the fire away from the target but the rest was well concentrated on the town. A local diarist noted that there was a huge amount of roof and glass damage and this is due to the use of high capacity blast bombs. He also noted that flak fire was very late in beginning but actually this was a ploy by the German defences to prevent early identification of the target. |
Reason for Loss | Presumed crashed in the target area |