Colonna, Adriano Alfred Robert (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-January-09

Sergeant Adriano Alfred Robert Colonna RAFVR

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: MRS. S. ALLEN OF BLACKHEATH.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

44 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fulmina Regis Lusta The king's thunderbolts are righteous

Base

RAF Waddington

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Wireless Operator

Service Numbers

1208872

Target
Google MapOresund Sweden (Daffodil)
Sergeant Adriano Colonna

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster W4277

Flying Officer Andrew Greenhill Cameron RAFVR

Flying Officer Cameron, Andrew Greenhill (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Adriano Alfred Robert Colonna RAFVR

Sergeant Colonna, Adriano Alfred Robert (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Jonathan Hutchinson RAF

Sergeant Hutchinson, Jonathan (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
cemetery unknown

Sergeant John Henry Lightfoot RAF

Sergeant Lightfoot, John Henry (RAF)
Flight Mechanic/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Mogg,Dennis Bryant Mogg RAFVR

Sergeant Mogg,Dennis Bryant (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Milton James Paige RCAF

Flight Sergeant Paige, Milton James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
Aabenraa Kirkegård, Næstmark, Aabenraa, Denmark

Sergeant Sydney Wright RAFVR

Sergeant Wright, Sydney (RAFVR)
Air Bomber
Killed in Action
1943-January-09
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I W4277

Minelaying Oresund Sweden (Daffodil) 1943-January-09 to 1943-January-09

44 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington

44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Lancaster aircraft W 4277 lost to enemy action whilst laying mines off the Danish Coast..

Claim by Fw Ernst Baader 4/NJG3 - 8674 B1 in See: 2,700m at 21:10

Crashed Sost Skov (Forest) near Rise-Hjarup 3 km NNW of Aabenraa Denmark

Six RAF members of the crew, Flying Officer A.G. Cameron, Sergeants A.R.A. Colonna, J. Hutchison, J.H. Lightfoot, D.B. Mogg, and S. Wright were also killed.

Source of Personnel and grave marker images via "Airwar over Denmark" (http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430001.shtml)