Nichols, Laurence John
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Laurence John |
Surname | Nichols |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Laurence Reginald and Grace Emmeline Nichols, of Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV826 |
Markings | HD-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 259. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 219 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 413886 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
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, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served in Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1944 |
End Date | 13-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Hasselt- to attack railway yards. 132 aircraft but only 39 bombed and all missed the target due to haze. The Master Bomber ordered that the raid be stopped. Five Lancasters Lost (3.8%). |
Reason for Loss | Shot down over the sea by a night-fighter flown by Hptm. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow, of 2./NJG1 at an altitude of 3,500m at 01.00hrs. |