Wragge, Geoffrey
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey |
Surname | Wragge |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Samuel George and Julia Mary Wragge, of South Yardley, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | R9263 |
Markings | MG-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dantumadeel Protestant Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row 16. Grave 19. |
Epitaph | FAR FROM HOME BUT EVER NEAR IN MEMORY TO LOVING MOTHER AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 269 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 139947 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/100/7 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/100/6 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-04-1943 |
End Date | 01-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Bocholt- an H2S training attack |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Akkerwoude, south of Dokkum, Holland |