LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Kenneth Frederick STANBRIDGE
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1445546 (RAFVR)
Born: Location, Date unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 102 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Pocklington
Died: Air Operations: (No. 102 Squadron Halifax II aircraft LW337), Germany, 20 January 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Walter Stanbridge, of Salisbury, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Halifax LW337 took off from Pocklington at 1637 hours on 20 January 1944 to attack Berlin. The aircraft was hit by flak over the target, which set alight the starboard wing and bomb bay. The aircraft dived steeply and broke up. Of the four who died, two are buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery and two are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
The crew members of LW337 were:
Sergeant John Bremner (1567605) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Horace Lionel Bushell (1623401) (RAFVR) PoW
Flight Sergeant Eric Arthur Church (170702) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer II Charles Gordon Dupueis (R/176437) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer George Albert Griffiths DFM (141468) (RAFVR) (Pilot) PoW
Sergeant Kenneth Frederick Stanbridge (1445546) (RAFVR) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer L A Underwood (55204) (RAFVR) PoW
Pilot Officer R C Wilson (169892) (RAFVR) PoW
References:
Chorley W R, Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 5 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1944, Midland Counties Publications, 1996
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records