Jones, Percy Kenneth
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Percy Kenneth |
Surname | Jones |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 14-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy and Eleanor Jones, of Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4108 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heerenveen (Nieuwehorne) Protestant Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 14. Grave 28. |
Epitaph | HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND. MA, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 57 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 651576 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 1654 CU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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 | 13-09-1942 |
End Date | 14-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wigsley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 23:30 to bomb Aiming Point 'E'. Shot down 02:22 by Oblt. Ludwig Becker, II./NJG2, crashing onto farmland worked by the Kleistra brothers at Buytenweg, Oudehorne, Friesland, 10 km E of Heerenveene, Holland. |