Bond, Harold
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Harold |
Surname | Bond |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard James Bond and Mabel Jeannette Bond, of Shirley, Southampton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8652 |
Markings | PH- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 9. B. 3-5. |
Epitaph | TOO DEARLY LOVED EVER TO BE FORGOTTEN. SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1168700 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-06-1942 |
End Date | 09-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Reason for loss not yet established |