Kinsey, William Edmund
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | William Edmund |
Surname | Kinsey |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 26-08-1944 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND355 |
Markings | F2-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. G. 4. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 194 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 635898 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 635 |
Squadron Motto | Nos ducimus ceteri secunter (We lead, others follow) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2155/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2155/11 |
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 | 26-08-1944 |
End Date | 27-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (50% moon) |
Operation | Kiel. 382 aircraft- 17 Lancasters lost (4.6%). PFF marking was hampered by the use of smoke screens. Despite this, the local report details a very serious raid with concentrated bombing on the centre and surrounding districts. The fires were fanned by strong winds. 134 people were killed and 1002 injured. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Fw. Gottfried Schneider of 1./NJG 3, North of Schleswig at 23.12 and at an altitiude of 5.500m. Crashed at Bokel, NW of Nortorf |