Dunstone, Frank Victor James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frank Victor James |
Surname | Dunstone |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Percy and Violet Jeannette Dunstone, of Reading, Berkshire. Husband of Joan Milner Dunstone (Nee Blake). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB382 |
Markings | DX-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Sweden |
Burial/Memorial Place | Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. XV. 85B. |
Epitaph | HE DIED, AS FIRM AS SPARTA'S KING, BECAUSE HIS SOUL WAS GREAT |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 31 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1608367 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 57 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/540/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/540/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-02-1945 |
End Date | 09-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Politz synthetic oil plant |
Reason for Loss | Hit by AA fire after entering Swedish air space and crashed on farmland at Brohult near Hjortshog. |