Maynard, Kenneth Edmund
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Edmund |
Surname | Maynard |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Lionel John and Effie May Maynard, of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. His Brother, Lionel W. John, Also Died On Service. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ567 |
Markings | NP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Marissel French National Cemetery, Beauvais |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 251-256. |
Epitaph | DEEP IN OUR HEARTS A MEMORY IS KEPT OF ONE WE LOVED AND NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 206 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1604575 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-06-1944 |
End Date | 13-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Amiens to bomb railway installations. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Isneauville (Seine-Maritime), NE of Rouen, France |