Watson, Reginald Kenneth
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Reginald Kenneth |
Surname | Watson |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William John and Ada Emily Watson. Husband of Constance De Mestre Watson, of Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL752 |
Markings | LS-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Leuven Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row A. Grave 2. |
Epitaph | A LIFE GIVEN FOR THE FINEST CAUSE, THE LIBERATION OF MANKIND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 261 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 426245 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/204/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/204/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-05-1944 |
End Date | 12-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Leuven/ Louvain- to bomb railway yards. 110 aircraft, 4 Lancasters Lost Most of the bombing hit the railway workshops and storage buildings rather than the yards |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Hermann Greiner, of 11./NJG 1, 30km South of Antwerpen altitude 2200m, at 00.27, and crashed to the NW of Leuven, Belgium |