Rolph, Henry Thomas
Killed in Action 1944-03-23
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Thomas Samuel and May Annie Rolph
Home: Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, England (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand
Base
RAF Waterbeach
Rank
Warrant Officer
Position
Warrant Officer
Service Numbers
1176863
Target
Dusseldorf Germany
First Burial
Runnymede Memorial Sussex, England.
Lancaster Mk II DS-828 JI-D
Took off from Waterbeach at 23:15 in Lancaster Mk II(Sqn code JI-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany.
Aircraft was likely shot down by flak, but could possibly have been involved in a mid-air collision with another 514 Sqn Lancaster II DS 669 during night operations against Dusseldorf, Germany.
Killed includes Rolph:Pilot Officer Colin Alexander Campbell RCAF J/89445 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 9.Pilot Officer Wallace Lawrence Granbois RCAF J/89454 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 7. D. 13.Flight Sergeant John Gordon Hudson RNZAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 264Flight Sergeant Patrick Millar Constable RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 7. C. 13.Sergeant Geoffrey Goddard RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 7. C. 4.Sergeant Graham Randall Jones RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 7. C. 2.
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)