Maunsell, Bernard Kingston
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Bernard Kingston |
Surname | Maunsell |
Gender | M |
Age | 34 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Francis and Clare Isabel Maunsell, of Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB283 |
Markings | PH-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 17. H. 9-13. |
Epitaph | TOO DEARLY LOVED, EVER TO FORGET. LOVING MOTHER AND SISTERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 69 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 410001 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-01-1944 |
End Date | 28-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Attacked by a night fighter and blew up before any orders could be passed to the crew. The wreckage was scattered close to the town of Loningen in Lower Saxony |