Somerford, Bernard Welby
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Bernard Welby |
Surname | Somerford |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George William Welby Somerford and Lavinia Annie Somerford, of Cardiff. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BK330 |
Markings | PT-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Guidel Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 6. Grave 21. |
Epitaph | THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING REST AND ABIDE WITH YOU |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 245 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 658354 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-02-1943 |
End Date | 14-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Lorient. 466 aircraft, 7 losses (1.5%). The heaviest raid on Lorient of the war with more than 1000 tonnes of bombs dropped. Good visibility and concentrated bombing. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the target area |