Boddington, John Percy
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Percy |
Surname | Boddington |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy Edgar Boddington, and of Charlotte H. Boddington, of Exmouth, Devon. Husband of Joan Boddington. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | L5546 |
Markings | PH-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Abbeville Communal Cemetery extension |
Grave Reference | Plot 8. Row A. Joint grave 5-6. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS (From the sermon by Rev. Donald Macfarlane 28/10/1917) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 523009 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Miscellaneous Information
A propeller blade from the aircraft now forms part of a local memorial to the crew |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-06-1940 |
End Date | 08-06-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Sougé, France |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Attack tanks and infantry |
Reason for Loss | Hit by ground fire and partially abandoned, crashing on the rue de Bettembos, Lamaronde |