Watson, Kenneth Storey
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Storey |
Surname | Watson |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert William and Olive Jane Watson, of Westfield War Memorial Village, Lancaster. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1186 |
Markings | LQ-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 96. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 574343 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-07-1942 |
End Date | 27-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 403 aircraft sustained 7.2% losses. Icing en route but target area clear, resulting in extensive damage mainly to residential areas. 823 houses demolished and over 5000 damaged |
Reason for Loss | From the Police report of SW-Revier 9 (held by Staats-Archiv-Hamburg), dated 31.07.1942, Hamburg: "The aircraft went down on the water surface of the Elbe between the Blohm&Voss free harbour and Schweinesand. Parts of the aircraft were found near the mouth of the river Este. At low tide, individual pieces of wreckage emerged from the water over an area of 2500 square metres. Two bodies were recovered, as well as parts of another body. Despite an intensive search, no further bodies of the crew were found. They were swallowed up by the river Elbe." |