Jennings, Cedric Maurice
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Cedric Maurice |
Surname | Jennings |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry Benjamin and Florence May Jennings, of Penryn, Cornwall. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | P2326 |
Markings | HA- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. J. 11. |
Epitaph | THE BEST IS YET TO COME, REUNION |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 189 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 580427 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Gluivais Church, Penryn, Cornwall |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of Sgt. C.M. Jennings R.A.F. May 1940 |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Two of the crew jumped at around 150-feet and landed safely in trees |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-05-1940 |
End Date | 11-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Aubérive-sur-Suippe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Attack troop formations at Bouillon in the Ardennes |
Reason for Loss | Hit by ground fire and crashed at Amelscheid, near Liege |