Henry, Albert Edward
Personal Information
Rank | WO |
Forename(s) | Albert Edward |
Surname | Henry |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Date of Death | 10-11-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas James Henry and Elizebeth Henry; husband of Violet Henry, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM333 |
Markings | HW-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Screen Wall. Panel 8. Square 74. Grave 41589. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | SP |
Panel Number | 272 (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1383201 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | |
Squadron | 100 |
Squadron Motto | Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok (Malay - Don't let anyone attack the hornet's nest) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Oudeweg 21, Marknesse, Flevoland Province |
Country | the Netherlands |
Memorial Type | Paal (Pole) & information panel |
Memorial Text |
Op maandag 23 augustus 1943 om 20.33 ur steeg de Lancaster Mk. III LM333 - HW-V van het 110th RAF-squadron op van luchtmachtbasis Grimsby (in de volksmond Waltham) in Lincolnshire, Engeland. De missie betrof een bombardementsvlucht naar Berlin. Het toeste
Translation "On Monday 23 August 1943 Lancaster LM333 of 110 Sqn RAF was damaged by anti-aircraft fire and the Port Outer engine set on fire. The crew were ordered to bale out and 5 managed to escape before the aircraft crashed at Bergen, Holland." |
Location | Off the A16, Holton le Clay, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Information Boards |
Memorial Text | Do not attack the Hornets nest, 100 Squadron Royal Air Force Waltham Grimsby, December 1942 April 1945, Honour the brave |
Miscellaneous Information
The National Probate Calendar states that he died at 93 Besson Street, New Cross, London. The Hull Daily Mail of November 17th 1945: DIED ON HONEYMOON Crash mentioned at Grimsby Man's Inquest The death while of his honeymoon at New Cross of W.O. Albert Edward Henry, 24, R.A.F., of Nighfield Avenue, Grimsby, may have been the consequence of his crash in Holland in 1943, said Dr. Arthur Davies, Harley Street pathologist, today, when at the Lewisham inquest a verdict of "Death through natural causes" was recorded. |
PoW number 222716. Incarcerated in Stalag Luft IVB |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/796/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/796/11 |
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 | 23-08-1943 |
End Date | 24-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Died of natural causes, possibly as a direct result of the crash of LM333 (Port outer engine failed while taking evasive action when passing through flak fire on the Dutch coastline. Caught fire and the order to bale out was given. Five complied. Crashed at Bergen, Holland). |