Bird, Walter Douglas Wilberforce
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Walter Douglas Wilberforce |
Surname | Bird |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William N. W. Bird and Ruth Bird. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | MM135 |
Markings | P3- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Worting (St. Thomas of Canterbury) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | S.E. corner. |
Epitaph | PIGGIE IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON AND BROTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 40361 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2363/1 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-08-1944 |
End Date | 26-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. One of 36 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Park Farm, Old Warden, SE of Bedford, possibly due to the pilot misreading his altimeter |