Sergeant Lewis Warren RNZAF 1942

Name: WARREN, LEWIS JOHN

Rank: Sergeant (Obs.)

Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force

Unit Text: 149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Age: 24

Date of Death: 10/10/1942

Service No: 41632

Additional information: Son of Charles Henry Warren and of Mary Alice Warren (nee Taylor), of Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Grave/Memorial Reference: Row C. Grave 67. Cemetery: WATTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2764554

 

Stirling BF348 Information

Type......................................Stirling

Serial Number.......................BF348

Squadron..............................149

X1D........................................OJ-P

Operation.............................Gardening

Date 1..................................10th October 1942

Date 2..................................11th October 1942

 

Further Information

Delivered to No.149 Sqdn 28Aug42. Airborne 1852 10Oct42 from Lakenheath to lay mines off the mouth of the Gironde. Shortly after becoming airborne, a serious technical problem developed and the pilot tried to land at Watton. In the attempt the Stirling hit some trees and crashed 2015 at Great Cressingham, 5 miles SSE of Swaffham, Norfolk.

F/S H.J.Hart KIA

Sgt A.W.Corker KIA

Sgt L.J.Warren RNZAF KIA

Sgt H.C.Whitwell RNZAF KIA

Sgt K.G.McKenzie KIA

Sgt H.R.Batrick Inj

Sgt H.I.F.Connelly RNZAF KIA "

www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=6102

 

Auckland National Cenotaph record

muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/22902.detail?O...

 

Connelly, McKenzie, Warren and Whitwell are all buried at St Mary.

Henry John Hart,..,,Pilot……aged 21.…..buried Dorchester

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2709188

Alfred Willie Corker….Flight Engineer….aged 21.….buried Sowerby Bridge

www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2414013

www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/34.htm

 

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