Graham, Laurence James Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Laurence James Alexander |
Surname | Graham |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry Herbert Armstrong Graham and Annie Violet Graham, of Grosvenor, Bath, Somerset. A.L.C.M. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ964 |
Markings | PH-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row A. Grave 23. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FIRENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 41 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 120447 |
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 27/166/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-09-1942 |
End Date | 01-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (64% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying off Dutch coast |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at 2110hrs near Bergen (Noord Holland). It is thought that pilot was blinded by searchlight just before the crash |