Parker, Laurence Maurice
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Laurence Maurice |
Surname | Parker |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
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Date of Death | 04-12-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William George and Clara Charlotte Parker, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 13935. |
Epitaph | SLEEP ON, DEAR ONE TAKE THY REST (adapted from hymn - The Christian's Goodnight - by Sarah Doudney. Original reads 'Sleep on beloved, sleep, and take thy rest.') |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 82 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 9359 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-12-1943 |
End Date | 04-12-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Leipzig |
Reason for Loss | Killed when F/O Reynolds's Lancaster G-George crashed on take-off after two engines cut. The aircraft crashed into two ground staff, Sgt. Parker and Sgt Hobba, the latter being slightly injured. Ironically, Sgt. Parker was killed by the aircraft he serviced himself. The Squadron Summary of Events records that F/O Reunolds showed great initiative by kicking away burning incendiaries and then went looking for the rear gunner who was some distance awayt from the crash site and badly injured. He was take to RAF Hospital Rauceby and survived the incident. It also states that the Cookie bomb rolled away from the crash and did not go off. |