Orrick, Basil
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Basil |
Surname | Orrick |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Arthur and Hannah Orrick, of High Clarence, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ855 |
Markings | B8-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | X. A. 10. |
Epitaph | AS WE LOVED HIM SO WE MISS HIM. TREASURED MEMORIES ALWAYS. LOVED BY ALL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 221 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1592923 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss |