Kent Stevenson Grave

Reporter STEVENSON, KENT

Died 22/06/1944

British Broadcasting Corporation.

War Correspondent

 

49 Sqn Lancaster I LL900 EA-T

Op: Wesseling t/o 2317 Fiskerton - W/C M Crocker DFC & Bar

Outbound, shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the general area of Julich-Mersch. All, including their British Broadcasting Correspondent, Kent Stevenson, are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. Both DFM recipients had their awards published on 25 January 1946. It is believed P/O Creighton RCAF had recently arrived from 619 Squadron. The parents of W/C Crocker lived in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Pilot W/C Malcolm Crocker DFC & Bar RAFVR age 27

F/E F/L Albert Edward Anderson Matthews DFC RAFVR age 30

Nav P/O Leslie Bernard Benson DFM RAFVR age 24

B/A F/O Kenneth Dutton RAFVR

W/Op F/O James Robert Worthington DFC RAFVR age 30

M/U P/O Allan David Creighton DFC RCAF age 26

R/G P/O David Hounsell Carr DFM RAFVR

War Correspondent Mr Kent Stevenson, BBC Reporter

Done