Vince, Bernard Reginald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Bernard Reginald |
Surname | Vince |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert Ernest and Daisy Dorothy Vince, of Broadstairs, Kent. Husband of S. Vince, of Stockton-On-Tees, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM265 |
Markings | JI-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 22. D. 12-15. |
Epitaph | NO LENGTH OF TIME CAN TAKE AWAY MY THOUGHTS OF YOU FROM DAY TO DAY |
Ribbon Stone | 0110 (Block 2, Column 11, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 257 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1486527 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 514 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Sgt Bernard Vince 514 Sqn |
Location | Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial and RoH |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 514 Sqn who served at RAF Waterbeach 1943-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1981/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1978/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waterbeach |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down. Crashed in the village of Engelstadt, Germany. Sgt G. M. Holt, the Flight Engineer, survived and became a PoW |