C D Bassett
Sergeant · 
United Kingdom
- Died
- 1 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Sergeant C D Bassett was killed on active service on 1 January 1945. He is commemorated at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium.
Explore: others commemorated at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery · others who died on 1 January
Crew & operations
Flew as Second pilot with No. 115 Squadron.
- Operation (1 January 1945) — aircraft NG332 IL-D (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: J Booth (Bomb aimer) · Joseph Darcy Keith Sterling (Flight engineer) · Earl Donald Mathison (Mid-upper gunner) · Gordon David Long (Navigator) · A A F Mills (Pilot) · John William McLeod (Rear gunner) · J E W Fenwick (Wireless operator)
Timeline
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1 January 1945
Flew Operation
Second pilot, NG332 IL-D — Failed to return - 1 January 1945 Died
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium
Operations on this date. 6 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 1 January 1945: Dortmund · Vohwinkel · Gravenhorst · Hanau · Railway Tunnels · Dortmund–ems Canal. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)