Waugh, Alexander William
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Alexander William |
Surname | Waugh |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
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Date of Death | 11-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Vivien Thomas Waugh and Elsie Ida Waugh. Husband of Joyce Clare Waugh, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF450 |
Markings | P3- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 15959. |
Epitaph | NON OMNIS MORIAR (Latin: I shall not wholly die) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 413460 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Entrance, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 692 Sqn and 35 Sqn which flew from RAF Graveley during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-03-1945 |
End Date | 12-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. One of 81 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Lost power to one engine shortly after take-off. Headed back to base but overshot the runway and crashed into trees and caught fire |