Keel, Royston Elvin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Royston Elvin |
Surname | Keel |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Bertie Owen Keel and Ellen Keel, of Felbridge, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PB768 |
Markings | XH-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Leopoldsburg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VIII. D. 17. |
Epitaph | SINCERE AND TRUE IN HEART AND MIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 192 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1809996 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1353/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-01-1945 |
End Date | 02-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (88% moon) |
Operation | Vohwinkel- to attack railway yards. 146 aircraft from 3 Group, 1 lost. A successful attack |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak over the target and while at 21000', damaging the fuel supply lines. Subsequently hit over Namur by American anti-aircraft fire and the entire port side caught fire. The order to abandon was given but the aircraft spun into the ground before all but F/O G Ingram were able to comply. |