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BOURNE, Cyril

Personal Information
Rank F/S
Forename(s) Cyril
Surname Bourne
Gender M
Age 21
Decorations
Date of death 16-04-1943
Next of kin Son of Herbert Walter and Alice Bourne. Husband of Gladys Sylvia Bourne, of Bellingham, London.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7873
Markings TL-M
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Liesse Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Mil. Plot. Row A. Coll. grave 3-6..
Epitaph HE SLEEPS UNTIL THE MORNING OF ETERNITY
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 133
Enlistment information
Service Number 933423
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 8
Squadron 35 (Madras Presidency)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Cruickshank G (P/O)
Martyn J R (F/S)
Young J W (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 16-04-1943
End Date 17-04-1943
Takeoff Station Graveley
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Pilsen- Skoda armaments factory. 327 aircraft, 36 loses (11.0%). The main force was told to locate the Skoda factory visually and only to use PFF marking as a general guide. A large asylum building some 7 miles away was mistaken for the target. The Skoda factory was not hit at all.
Reason for Loss Hit by flak at 16000' on outbound leg, damaging both outer engines. Abandoned in the Laon area of France