Saunders, Frank Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frank Charles |
Surname | Saunders |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank and Margaret Maud Saunders (Formerly Emery). Stepson of Florence Maud Saunders of Lambeth, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA560 |
Markings | C8-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Guemicourt Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. Grave. |
Epitaph | HIS SMILING FACE AND CHEERY WAYS WILL LIVE WITH US FOR EVER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 237 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1896195 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-08-1944 |
End Date | 09-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | les Landes- to attack a flying-bomb site. Part of a 172 aircraft force to attack 7 V-bomb launch sites. Visibility was good and the raids were successful. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Guemicourt, NNW of Aumale, France |