Trinder, Louis Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Louis Arthur |
Surname | Trinder |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas John and Kate Elizabeth Trinder, of Headington, Oxford. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT556 |
Markings | MP-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp |
Grave Reference | II. G. 26. |
Epitaph | THEY GREET THE MORNING-TIDE FOR THEY HAVE HEARD REVEILLE UPON THE OTHER SIDE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1320028 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | N1, De Hese Naast, Grote Rees, Antwerpen Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Memorial stone & inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Dit gedenkteken werd opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan de ach omgekomen bemanningsleden van de Halifax DT556 |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-03-1943 |
End Date | 02-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (26% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 302 aircraft, 17 losses (5.6%). PFF had some difficulty recognising parts of the city using the early H2S system (which was still using 10cm wavelength at the time). Most of the bombs fell in the south west of the city. However, the sheer weight of numbers of bombers, together with the larger bomb loads that were possible since previous raids on Berlin made this a successful raid. Much damage to industrial buildings and particularly to a railway repair works. The Telefunken factory was also hit and by a quirk or fate, it contained the H2S set that had previously been recovered by the Germans by a recently downed bomber. The set was completely destroyed but another was recovered from the very force that bombed the first, allowing research to resume unhindered. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Kasterlee, Belgium |