Kindred, Eric Warnford
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Warnford |
Surname | Kindred |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 11-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Effie Hesse Kindred, of Rainworth, Nottinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | DV198 |
Markings | WS-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot L. Row D. Grave 26. |
Epitaph | LOVING THOUGHTS WILL REMAIN, DEATH IS NOT ALL, WE'LL MEET AGAIN. MAM AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 59 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1582218 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Squadron Motto | Per noctem volamus (Through out the night we fly) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/128/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/128/7 |
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 | 10-04-1944 |
End Date | 11-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bardney |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Tours |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak crashed at Tours |