Kershaw, Frank Beckett
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Frank Beckett |
Surname | Kershaw |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry Beckett Kershaw and Elizabeth Kershaw, of Morecambe, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | LR140 |
Markings | -U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lossiemouth Burial Ground |
Grave Reference | Grave 1265. |
Epitaph | HE SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 59 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 701962 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-01-1945 |
End Date | 11-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | T/O 2115 for night circuits and landings. At about 2320, according to one of the screened instructors, observing the night flying, the engine note decreased and from a height estimated between 200 and 300 feet, the Wellington dived into the sea some 500 yards off the airfield. |