Coles, Francis Albert Wenslay
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Francis Albert Wenslay |
Surname | Coles |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 22-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Edward Cole and Ella Lilian Coles (née Wensley) of Bishops Nympton, Devon. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bishops Nympton (St. Mary) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | East of Church. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 146 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 45811 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
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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
Born 2nd Quarter of 1919 in Williton, Somerset. Served with 12 Squadron at RAF Binbrook whose ORB records him admitted to Louth County Infirmary on 19 September 1942 and placed on the dangerously ill list. |
His DFC was awarded 11 August 1942. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | |
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Reason for Loss | Died in Louth Hospital of Poliomyelitis |