Barnsley, Percy
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Percy |
Surname | Barnsley |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy and Jane E. Barnsley, of Glasgow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA713 |
Markings | MG-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | A. 9. 17. |
Epitaph | GOD CALLED HIM HOME IT WAS HIS WILL BUT IN OUR HEARTS HE LIVETH STILL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1370380 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/100/17 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/100/16 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-09-1943 |
End Date | 04-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 316 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes. (Lancasters were the only heavy bombers used due to the very high losses of both Halifaxes and Stirlings during recent Berlin raids. 22 Lancasters Lost (7.0%). Mosquitoes dropped spoof flares to divert German night-fighters. Given the very high loss rates, it is doubtful that this technique worked. Actual target marking was short of the target and most bombs fell in residential areas, although both a water and electricity facility were put out of action and 422 people were killed. Amongst the dead were 7 criminals earning remission by defusing unexploded bombs. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed into the sea south of Tuno island, Denmark |