Watts, Ernest Reginald
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Ernest Reginald |
Surname | Watts |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 11-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Ada Elizabeth Watts, of Hayes, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | EB129 |
Markings | MA-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Desir War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave VII. A. 2-5. |
Epitaph | IN FONDEST MEMORY. NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1388097 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 161 (Special Duties) |
Squadron Motto | Liberate |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford |
Location | Gibraltar Farm Barn, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scrolls |
Memorial Text | In memory of 161 Sqn, RAF Tempsford February 1942 - June 1945 |
Location | Church of St. Peter, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaques & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of 161 Sqn, RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force, and SOE agents killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1068/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1068/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
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 | 10-11-1943 |
End Date | 11-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Special Operations Executive- Operations Trainer 38/ Melpomene/ Penny-farthing, for France |
Reason for Loss | Lost control in cloud at 3000' and crashed near Brunelles, France |