Jones, Percy Kenneth
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Percy Kenneth |
Surname | Jones |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
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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 |
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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
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. |