Bunting, William Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | William Frederick |
Surname | Bunting |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 29-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edmund Fred and Alice May Bunting, of Ugley, Hertfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND810 |
Markings | 6O-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. E. 23. |
Epitaph | I SHALL GO TO HIM, BUT HE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME. II SAMUEL XII.23 (2 Samuel 12:23) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 138 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 173443 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 582 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Peter's Church, Ugley, Essex |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of P/O W.F. Bunting D.F.M. R.A.F.V.R. of 582 Sqn. 29th. July 1944 |
Location | Adjacent to former Airfield Site, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to RAF Little Staughton, including 109 Sqn |
Location | All Saints Church, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | In memory of 109 and 582 Sqns. At R.A.F. Little Staughton |
Miscellaneous Information
Had completed at least 40 operational sorties with 150 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2052/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2052/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Little Staughton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 496 aircraft in the third raid in this series. Night-fighters intercepted the bomber stream over France on the outbound leg and in bright moonlit conditions, leading to 39 Lancasters being shot down (7.9%). |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have exploded, throwing clear the pilot S/L V G F Coleman (who became a PoW) and crashed ESE of Pforzheim, Germany |