Bradbrook, Lawrence Harold
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Lawrence Harold |
Surname | Bradbrook |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 30-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold and Dorothy Mary Bradbrook, of Eastchurch, Isle-Of-Sheppey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7715 |
Markings | LQ-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 15. B. 9-18. |
Epitaph | TIME SHALL NOT DIM OUR MEMORY OF THE SON WHO WAS OUR VERY LIFE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 568805 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Squadron Motto | Duicmus (We lead) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
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 27/1787/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-06-1942 |
End Date | 30-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (97% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 253 aircraft with Germany reporting extensive damage to Focke-Wulf and the AG Weser U-boat shipyard plus other infrastructure. 11 aircraft lost |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Bimolten |