Kynnersley, Graeme James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Graeme James |
Surname | Kynnersley |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Smith Kynnersley and Elizabeth Charlotte Kynnersley (née Knight), of Florence Road, Porchester, Nottingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | R5687 |
Markings | VN-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 20. A. 1-6. |
Epitaph | THY SON LIVETH" UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 60 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1575932 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 1921 in Nottingham. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-07-1943 |
End Date | 28-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (15% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by Bremerhaven flak barrage at 02:15 hrs. Crashed at Wesermunde-Gestermunde. All of the crew were initially buried in Gestermunde Cemetery and reinterred on 5 Nov 1946. |