Bond, James Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James Alfred |
Surname | Bond |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Alfred Ernest and Ellen Elizabeth Bond, of Stanford-Le-Hope. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | R5569 |
Markings | OF-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Stanford-Le-Hope Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 197. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1207446 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/766/27 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/766/26 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-05-1942 |
End Date | 30-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Gennevilliers (Gnome and Rhone factory) |
Reason for Loss | On fourth attempt to identify the target, the aircraft's starboard outer engine was hit by flak. The second pilot was hit in the leg by shrapnel and died later in the sortie |