Bond, Francis Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Francis Charles |
Surname | Bond |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Edwin Bond, and of Cassandra Bond, of Mitcham, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1109 |
Markings | LQ-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 28. D. 17. |
Epitaph | MY DARLING SON GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE LIVE IN PEACE & JUSTICE. REST IN PEACE IN GOD'S HOME |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 651275 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-07-1942 |
End Date | 01-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (79% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 630 aircraft including over 100 Lancasters. 900 tons of bombs dropped causing damage to over 15000 houses. 12000 people were bombed out and 279 killed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed south of Krefeld |