Beavis, Frank James Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frank James Robert |
Surname | Beavis |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 30-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank and Susan Jane Beavis. Husband of Ethel Beatrice Ann Beavis, of Hull. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | N6202 |
Markings | VE-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 129 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 563045 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Squadron Motto | Nex timeo nec sperno (I neither fear nor despise) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Stone Tablets |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to RAF Wattisham, AAF Station 377 and AAF Station 470 from 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
On detachment from Wattisham |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/857/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/857/11 |
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 | 30-04-1940 |
End Date | 30-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Stavanger airfield |
Reason for Loss | Attacked by large numbers of Me109s in vicinity of target. Claim by Oblt Helmut Henz of 4./JG77 - West of Stavanger at 18:35. |