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LEMMON, Reginald

Personal Information
Rank F/L
Forename(s) Reginald Arthur Montague
Surname Lemmon
Gender M
Age 32
Decorations
Date of death 23-04-1944
Next of kin Son of Reginald John and Constance Cordelia Lemmon, of Southport, Lancashire. Husband of Vera Gertrude Lemmon, of Nova Lima, Minas, Brazil.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ530
Markings MP-U
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Grave Reference 31. D. 9..
Epitaph IN LOVING MEMORY. VERA AND DEREK
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 198
Enlistment information
Service Number 123242
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 76
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Brazil
Fellow Servicemen
Chapman J W (F/S)
Yuille D (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 22-04-1944
End Date 23-04-1944
Takeoff Station Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Düsseldorf. 596 aircraft, 29 losses (4.9%). 2150 tones of bombs were dropped, causing considerable damage, mainly to the northern districts. 56 large industrial premises were hit, of which 7 were destroyed. More than 2000 homes were destroyed, 883 people killed and 593 injured, although these figures were compiled before all the missing had been dug out.
Reason for Loss Attacked by a night-fighter, setting fire to the starboard wing. Crashed, out of control, at Osterath between Krefeld and Neuss, Germany