Black, Lionel
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Lionel |
Surname | Black |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-09-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry and Charlotte Emma Black, of Hoylake, Cheshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R1717 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dunkirk Town Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 2 Row 2 Grave 23. |
Epitaph | LET NOT MY DEATH BE A VAIN THING; GOD, LET MY LAST BREATH BRING PEACE FOR EVER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 948150 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-09-1941 |
End Date | 03-09-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (92% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt |
Reason for Loss | Presumed crashed into the sea off the French coast |