Watts, Ernest Miller
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Ernest Miller |
Surname | Watts |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-08-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Miller Watts and Kathleen Alice Watts, of Westerhope, Newcastle-On-Tyne. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5488 |
Markings | LQ-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. A. 20. |
Epitaph | LOVELY MEMORIES OF A LOVING SON R.I.P |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 62020 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/8731 (P361873/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-08-1941 |
End Date | 29-08-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (43% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Lost over Germany |