Kissack, Laurence Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Laurence Douglas |
Surname | Kissack |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Date of Death | 21-09-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy Douglas and Vera Helen Kissack, of Derby Haven, Isle of Man |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5452 |
Markings | BU-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kirk Braddon New Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 4008. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 194 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1169259 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Squadron Motto | Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
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
Also commemorated on the Isle of Man National War Memorial, St. John's, IOM, and the Derbyhaven Memorial, IOM. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/10019 (P362483/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/17 |
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 | 20-09-1941 |
End Date | 21-09-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into trees while trying to make an emergency landing at Manston |