Waller, Ernest Victor
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Victor |
Surname | Waller |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Frederick and Grace Ellen Waller, of Welling, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LN482 |
Markings | OP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Plumstead Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. Q. Grave 1633. |
Epitaph | WE LOVED HIM DEARLY HE LOVED US TOO HE DID HIS BEST TO SEE US THRO |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 111 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1151544 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 11 OTU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1944 |
End Date | 05-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakley |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training - Cross Country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Oakley at 1255 hrs for a two and a half hour cross country exercise. Aircraft lost control while flying in cloud and broke up circa 1230 to 1300 hrs over fields on Poplars farm Rothersthorpe, Northampton. There were no survivors |