Humphrey, Vernon Leicester
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Vernon Leicester |
Surname | Humphrey |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Henry and Ellen Olive Humphrey, of Renmark, South Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD252 |
Markings | HA-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | II. E. 1. |
Epitaph | HIS NAME IS HIGHLY HONOURED IN THE LAND HE LOVED- AUSTRALIA |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 186 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 417488 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1352/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1352/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Methwold |
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 |