Luckett, Bernard Montague
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Bernard Montague |
Surname | Luckett |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
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Date of Death | 25-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Bernard Nicolas Luckett and Lillie Luckett, of Oxford. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Botley) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot I/2. Grave 188A. |
Epitaph | DEATH DIVIDES BUT LOVE AND MEMORY CLING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 201 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 171068 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Lincolnshire Echo 18th May 1944: Paratroops Bound Over in "Triangle" Drama. Aubrey Douglas Webb (22), paratroop sergeant, who had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Bernard Montague Luckett, RAF pilot officer living in Oxford, at Berkshire Assizes, at Reading today, was bound over on probation for two years. The jury found Webb guilty and recommended him to mercy and Mr. Justice Atkinson deferred sentence until today. Evidence was given that Webb and his wife, a member of the ATS, had been estranged, but were celebrating a reconciliation. They had been playing darts in a public house near Oxford when Mrs. Webb went outside and was followed by Luckett who was once engaged to Mrs. Webb. Luckett was found dead on the pavement, his head on Mrs. Webb's lap. Webb gave evidence that Luckett seemed to be embracing his wife. He hit Luckett only once in the face and he fell, striking his head on the pavement. Mrs. Webb, a pretty blonde, said that she was feeling faint and Luckett put his arm about her shoulder. Webb's commanding officer said that Webb was an exemplary character, was chosen from a large number of volunteers for his parachute unit. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
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Reason for Loss | Knocked to the ground by Aubrey Douglas Webb, a paratrooper, after Sgt Webb allegedly found his wife embracing with P/O Luckett. Struck his head on the pavement and died. P/O Luckett and Mrs. Webb had previously been engaged to be married. |