DAMBUSTERS Ibbotson, Wilfred

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Ibbotson ​

• FORENAME

Wilfred ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

655431 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bergen General Cemetery,Netherlands Plot 2 Row D Grave 6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1914 West Bretton, Yorkshire​

son of Herbert and Anne Ibbotson​

husband of Doris Ibbotson,West Bretton,Yorkshire​

RAF 1941​

9 RW 29.3.1941​

11 ITW 12.7.1941​

10 (S) RC 12.6.1941​

RDU 19.8.1941​

Uxbridge 12.10.1941​

Acklington 18.11.1941​

ACRC 2.1.1942​

14 ITW 10.1.1942​

4 AGS 6.6.1942​

10 OTU 28.7.1942​

9 CF 8.11.1942​

1661 CU 9.11.1942​

1660 CU 15.2.1943​

57 Squadron 13.3.1943​

617 Squadron 23.3.1943​

air gunner​

Lancaster ED887​

Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)​

shot down by flak 0258 hours off Castricum aan Zee,Holland ​

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