Wilfred Ibbotson
Sergeant · 655431 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 17 May 1943, aged 29
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands
Operations on this date. 2 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 17 May 1943: Operation Chastise · Operation Chastise - The 'dambusters' Raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Rear gunner, ED887 AJ-A — Failed to return -
17 May 1943
Died
aged 29
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED887 AJ-A (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Vincent Sanford Maccausland (Bomb aimer) · David Taylor Horsfall (Flight engineer) · Gordon Arthur Yeo (Front gunner) · Charles Walpole Roberts (Navigator) · Henry Melvin Young (Pilot) · Lawrence William Nichols (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: IBBOTSON, WILFRED → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission