Heron, Royal George
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Royal George |
Surname | Heron |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-01-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of James and Eva Fanny Heron, of Silent Grove, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AE381 |
Markings | VN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Manchester Southern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. Q. Grave 204. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. PROUDLY WE REMEMBER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 48 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 404820 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | On Penine Way between Cluther Rocks & Kinder Scout, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text |
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-01-1942 |
End Date | 21-01-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Attempted to land at Ringway (now Manchester Airport) then crashed in poor conditions on Kinder Scout in the Peak District |