Godbold, Kenneth Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Herbert |
Surname | Godbold |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Stanley Godbold and Dorothy Lydia Godbold. Husband of Gwyneth Mary Godbold, of Lee, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | BB327 |
Markings | VR-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. G. 18. |
Epitaph | LOVED IN LIFE REMEMBERED ALWAYS WITH AFFECTION FOND AND TRUE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 170 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 655464 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-04-1943 |
End Date | 09-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (18% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 392 aircraft, 19 losses (4.8%). Thick cloud again hampered PFF marking activities and as a result the bombing was scattered. Only moderate damage reported |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Bochum |