Sorensen, Neville Lloyd
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Neville Lloyd |
Surname | Sorensen |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Paul Edwin and Anna Ernestena Sorensen, of Leura, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL936 |
Markings | KO-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dreux Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Grave 11. |
Epitaph | STRANGER! GO, LIVE UP TO THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH WE FOUGHT AND DIED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 245 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 413678 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-05-1944 |
End Date | 01-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Trappes- to bomb railway yards. 219 aircraft, 4 Lancasters Lost (1.8%). A successful attack. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Chandelles, France |