Pilot Officer Royal Australian Air Force No: 426444 (Navigator)
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford, Cambs
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - Aulnoye, France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed At Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye
The crew of Lancaster LL 943 were;
TIBBITS, Eric Ronald - (Pilot Officer); Service Number - 426444
PELLEW R E – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 41729
WAKEMAN E V – (Squadron); Service Number – 1579920 RAF
SIMMONDS H J W – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1605077 RAF
ALLEN F – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1853859 RAF
MORTON A E – (Sergeant); Service Number – 2220632 RAF
HOLLENHOCK F C – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R150901 RCAF.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Brisbane Qld, also his name is located at panel 131 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Richard and Mary Josephine Tibbits; Husband of Kathleen Theresa Tibbits, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
Father Richard Tibbits Jnr (1884-1952)
Mother Mary Josephine Milligan (1877-1934)
Spouse Kathleen Theresa CONNOLLY (Born 1908)
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAAF) Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839, Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). all perished in this incident.
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford, Cambs
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - Aulnoye, France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed At Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye
The crew of Lancaster LL 943 were;
TIBBITS, Eric Ronald - (Pilot Officer); Service Number - 426444
PELLEW R E – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 41729
WAKEMAN E V – (Squadron); Service Number – 1579920 RAF
SIMMONDS H J W – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1605077 RAF
ALLEN F – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1853859 RAF
MORTON A E – (Sergeant); Service Number – 2220632 RAF
HOLLENHOCK F C – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R150901 RCAF.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Brisbane Qld, also his name is located at panel 131 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Richard and Mary Josephine Tibbits; Husband of Kathleen Theresa Tibbits, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
Father Richard Tibbits Jnr (1884-1952)
Mother Mary Josephine Milligan (1877-1934)
Spouse Kathleen Theresa CONNOLLY (Born 1908)
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAAF) Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839, Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). all perished in this incident.
Pilot Officer Royal Australian Air Force No: 426444 (Navigator)
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford, Cambs
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - Aulnoye, France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed At Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye
The crew of Lancaster LL 943 were;
TIBBITS, Eric Ronald - (Pilot Officer); Service Number - 426444
PELLEW R E – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 41729
WAKEMAN E V – (Squadron); Service Number – 1579920 RAF
SIMMONDS H J W – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1605077 RAF
ALLEN F – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1853859 RAF
MORTON A E – (Sergeant); Service Number – 2220632 RAF
HOLLENHOCK F C – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R150901 RCAF.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Brisbane Qld, also his name is located at panel 131 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Richard and Mary Josephine Tibbits; Husband of Kathleen Theresa Tibbits, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
Father Richard Tibbits Jnr (1884-1952)
Mother Mary Josephine Milligan (1877-1934)
Spouse Kathleen Theresa CONNOLLY (Born 1908)
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAAF) Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839, Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). all perished in this incident.
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford, Cambs
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - Aulnoye, France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed At Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye
The crew of Lancaster LL 943 were;
TIBBITS, Eric Ronald - (Pilot Officer); Service Number - 426444
PELLEW R E – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 41729
WAKEMAN E V – (Squadron); Service Number – 1579920 RAF
SIMMONDS H J W – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1605077 RAF
ALLEN F – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1853859 RAF
MORTON A E – (Sergeant); Service Number – 2220632 RAF
HOLLENHOCK F C – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – R150901 RCAF.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Brisbane Qld, also his name is located at panel 131 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Richard and Mary Josephine Tibbits; Husband of Kathleen Theresa Tibbits, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
Father Richard Tibbits Jnr (1884-1952)
Mother Mary Josephine Milligan (1877-1934)
Spouse Kathleen Theresa CONNOLLY (Born 1908)
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAAF) Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839, Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). all perished in this incident.
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
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