Foxcroft, Kenneth Edgar
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Edgar |
Surname | Foxcroft |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 17-12-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edgar and Dorothy May Foxcroft, of West Perth, Western Australia, Husband of Eleanor Katherine Grace Foxcroft, of Mt. Lawley Western Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB117 |
Markings | OF-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14552A. |
Epitaph | GOD GAVE HIM LIFE, HE GAVE THAT LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE "OUR SON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 166 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 427313 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Squadron Motto | Achieve your aim |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), F�ttenfjord, near �senfjord, Tr�ndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i F�ttenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the F�ttenfjord 1942 " |
Miscellaneous Information
97 Squadron Lost eight Lancasters in crashes on their return |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/23 |
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 | 16-12-1943 |
End Date | 17-12-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (76% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 483 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitoes and a further 5 Mosquitoes to drop decoy flares south of the city. 25 Lancasters Lost (5.2%) and many more were lost on their return to England due to very poor weather across almost all airfields. The target was cloud covered so sky-marking was used with reasonable accuracy. Most of the bombs hit housing and railway assets- very little damage was caused to industrial premises. The cumulative damage to the railway system was beginning to impact Germany's ability to deliver supplies to the eastern front by this stage. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed NE of Graveley airfield, Huntingdonshire |