Kenrick, John Milton
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Milton |
Surname | Kenrick |
Gender | M |
Age | 38 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Milton Kenrick and Alice Kenrick, of Liverpool. Husband of Annie Beatrice Kenrick, of Anfield, Liverpool. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ733 |
Markings | C8-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Great Crosby (St. Luke) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Sec. E. Grave 655. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE. HIS LOVING WIFE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 193 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1033566 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1944 |
End Date | 28-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Wizernes- to attack a V1 flying bomb site. Takeoff 05.27 hrs. 103 Halifaxes, 5 Mosquitoes and 2 Lancasters. No report is available on the raid |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hawkinge airfield, Kent on return at 08.33 hrs and burst into flames. |