Turner, Desmond Frank Oswald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Desmond Frank Oswald |
Surname | Turner |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 07-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edwin Samuel Francis and Alison Mona Milly Turner. His Brother Ivan Frederick Also Died On Service and Is Commemorated In Israel At The Ramleh War Cemetery. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4363 |
Markings | PM-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 167. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 109 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1606517 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Squadron Motto | Noli me tangere (Touch me not) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/815/13 |
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 | 06-07-1943 |
End Date | 07-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying in the mouth of the Gironde |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace. |