Jones, Derek Branston
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Derek Branston |
Surname | Jones |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 16-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas William and Doris Evelyn Jones. Husband of Margaret Mary Jones, of Kendal, Westmorland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | RF145 |
Markings | CF-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. F. 17. |
Epitaph | LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER, FATHER AND SISTER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 56 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1624612 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 625 |
Squadron Motto | We avenge |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 625 Sqn, RAF Kelstern October 1943 to April 1945 |
Location | St. Faiths Church. Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden case |
Memorial Text | 625 Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-03-1945 |
End Date | 17-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Kelstern |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Lost over southern Germany |