Simmonds, Kenneth Rupert William
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Rupert William |
Surname | Simmonds |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Thomas Simmonds and Grace Lydia Simmonds, of Surbiton, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4855 |
Markings | PH-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 12. B. 6. |
Epitaph | SWEET IS THE MEMORY, SILENTLY KEPT, OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 97 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 551578 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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 27/167/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1943 |
End Date | 04-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Rotenburg, near Bremen |