In Memory Of

WATT, ARCHIBALD ALLEN

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 778354
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-09-07
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden I X2921, aircraft took off from Waddington at 21.15, it was caryying a mine that was to be dropped in Kiel Bay, Germany - a mission known as "gardening". It crashed just 2 minutes later after failing to gain height. The mine and fuel tanks exploded on impact killing all 4 people on board
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WADDINGTON (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Lincolnshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Harold and Maud Watt, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. His watch was found by someone doing some metal detecting at the crash site in 2007.