Read, Albert George Charles
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Albert George Charles |
Surname | Read |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles and Harriet Read. Husband of Cissie Ella May Read, of Carlton Colville, Suffolk. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JB800 |
Markings | MP-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. N. 10. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 230 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1186489 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Miscellaneous Information
Date of crash 17/4/43. Originally taken PoW but then killed when a PoW column in which he was marching was strafed by allied fighters |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-04-1943 |
End Date | 17-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (87% moon) |
Operation | Pilsen- Skoda armaments factory. 327 aircraft, 36 loses (11.0%). The main force was told to locate the Skoda factory visually and only to use PFF marking as a general guide. A large asylum building some 7 miles away was mistaken for the target. The Skoda factory was not hit at all. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Mundelsheim, NNE of Stuttgart |