Bond, Kenneth Frank Pennington
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Frank Pennington |
Surname | Bond |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 22-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Margaret Elaine Bond (née Oxlade), who was pregnant with their Daughter at the time of his loss. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK710 |
Markings | KN-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Clichy Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 16. Row 10. Grave 19. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 132 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 40666 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 77 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Memorial windows and Roll of Honour for 77 Sqn. R.A.F. |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Column with Metal Sculpture and Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 77 Sqn. R.A.F. City of Lancaster's own |
Miscellaneous Information
S/L Bond ordered the crew to bail out and was then able to make good his own escape. He was severely wounded when he was located by the Germans and died shortly afterwards in hospital. |
All but one of the remaining crew successfully evaded capture, the other becoming a PoW |
Mentioned in Despatches June 1945. Brother of actor Derek Bond MC who served with the Grenadier Guards and spent the latter part of the war as a PoW at Stalag VII-A in Bavaria, and went on to become a successful actor best known for his film role playing Captain Oates in 'Scott of the Antarctic'. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Laon- to bomb railway yards. 181 aircraft, 9 losses (5.0%). A two-wave attack that caused much damage to the railway yards. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down from 7000' by a night-fighter. Crashed east of Soissons, SW of Laon, France |