Jennings, Richard Harvey Brooke
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Richard Harvey Brooke |
Surname | Jennings |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 20-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of George and Elizabeth Marie Jennings, of Charlton Horethorne, Somerset. M.Inst. M.T. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BK273 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Southend-On-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. C. Grave 433. |
Epitaph | ALL YOU HAD, ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR YOU GAVE. GOD BLESS YOU MY SON. DAD. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 55 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 118399 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 18 OTU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, Southend on Sea, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | In treasured memory of Flying Office Richard Harvey Brooke Jennings, RAF Bomber Command. Killed 20th January 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-01-1944 |
End Date | 20-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Worksop |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Night conversion |
Reason for Loss | During a practised overshoot a blade came off a propeller and the aircraft dived into the grounds of nearby Worksop College and exploded in flames |