Bonner, Gilbert Frederick Cummings
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gilbert Frederick Cummings |
Surname | Bonner |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Charles and Hazel Grace Bonner, of Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3674 |
Markings | JN-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 37. |
Epitaph | EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. HIS LOVING MOTHER, FATHER AND SISTER R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 11 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1176413 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 150 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Snaith Memorial Gardens, Pollington, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of part of the crew of Wellington III X3305 of 150 Squadron RAF 24.2.42 |
Location | RAF Snaith Memorial Gardens, Pollington, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Monument, Bench & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of the airmen of R.A.F. 51 Sqn. (687) and 150 Sqn. (205) between 1941 - 1945 |
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, Pollington, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Plaque and Rolls of Honour |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the Personnel of 150 Squadron R.A.F. Snaith 1941-1942 Not for themselves alone |
Location | St. Laurence Priory Church, Snaith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering the crew of Wellington III Z165I JN-M of 150 Sqn. R.A.F. Snaith 13/14th 09/1942 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1010/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1010/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-06-1942 |
End Date | 06-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Snaith |
Day/Night Raid | Night (49% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Took off at 2320. Crashed in Utrecht, Holland |