Beardsall, Kenneth Bruce Distinguished Flying Cross (Flying Officer)
Prisoner of War 1944-April-28
Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)
Decorations: Distinguished Flying Cross
RAF
101 (RAF)
RAF Ludford Magna
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Air gunner
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Took off from Ludford Magna at 21:40 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code SR-X Bomber Command) on ABC Duties on an operation to Fredrichshafen, Germany.
Flying at 17000 feet outbound the aircraft was intercepted by a night-fighter and shot down crashing at Oberwinden 3 km SW of Elzach, Germany.
Killed includes Bramhall: Sergeant John Vincent Bramhall RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. B. 34-35 Flying Officer Rodney Sigsworth Campsall RCAF J/18433 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 4. Row B. Graves 34-35. Pilot Officer Gerhard Edgar Herbert Schultz RCAF J/86922 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. B. 34-35.
POWs includes Beardsall: F/Lt Bernard Nelson Dickinson RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Flying Officer Robert Lewis French RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Leslie Houlden RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flight Sergeant John E Peyton-Lander RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.
Friedrichshafen Germany
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