Maconachie, James Roy Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | James Roy Alexander |
Surname | Maconachie |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-02-1945 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF451 |
Markings | M5-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 50. C. 9. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 203 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | C/12525 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 128 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Richard Dimbleby of the BBC had watched this aircraft depart |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/39 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/38 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-02-1945 |
End Date | 01-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (96% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 1 of 74 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | Banked steeply on return to base, stalled and crashed at Rattlesden, west of Stowmarket, Suffolk |