Verrell Weatherley
Flight Lieutenant · NZ.415804 · 
New Zealand
- Died
- 2 January 1945, aged 24
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Flight Lieutenant Verrell Weatherley of the New Zealand air forces served as the pilot of Lancaster LL898 with No. 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force. The aircraft was lost on 2 January 1945. He was killed in action, aged 24. He is commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Pilot with No. 100 Squadron.
- Lost on LL898 HW-L (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: R Warwick (Bomb aimer) · John Dubois (Flight engineer) · W S Cameron (Navigator) · G H Thirkettle (Rear gunner) · P Share (Wireless operator)
Timeline
-
2 January 1945
Lost in Avro Lancaster LL898
Pilot -
2 January 1945
Died
aged 24
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. 10 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 2 January 1945: Dortmund–ems Canal · Dortmund · Vohwinkel · Gravenhorst · Hanau · Railway Tunnels · Ludwigshafen · Bremen · Berlin · Nuremberg. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)