Binning, Lionel Hubert Rogers
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Lionel Hubert Rogers |
Surname | Binning |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percival A. Binning (died during WWI) and Florence Binning (née Rogers), of Pilton, Somerset. Husband of Nance Emma Binning (née Featherstone), whom he married in Paddington, London in 1941. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | EF330 |
Markings | OJ-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergh (Beek) RC Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 137664 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 29 Jan 1917 at Pilton, Shepton Mallet. He had a sister Gwendoline Maud Binning (a nurse who died in 1942 possibly in Bristol as a result of an air raid, since she is listed on the war memorial at Berrow near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset) and brothers Percival Jack Binning and Ralph George J. Binning. In 1939 Gwen was living with her mother in Burnham on Sea. Lionel's name is also on the Berrow memorial and in fact the memorial was unveiled by their mother on Rememberance Day, 1948. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1003/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1003/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-03-1943 |
End Date | 13-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lakenheath |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 457 aircraft, 23 losses (5.0%). PFF marked using Oboe. Very accurate bombing over the Krupps factory. 500 homes also destroyed. German authorities also reported damage and deaths in neighbouring towns. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Bf.110 night-fighter flown by Hptm. Wilhelm Dormann of 9./NJG 1 from Twente airfield and crashed at Beek, ESE of Arnhem |