Database :: Commonwealth Air Forces Personnel Detail :: Individual Details Page

This page commemorates

POW

Plt Off Eric Victor John PURNELL (136323) of the RAF

London Gazette Entries

This is a "Fuzzy Search" and is not guaranteed to fetch the exact entries.

Number	Name /Text	London Gazette Details
136323	754978 Eric Victor John PURNELL	London Gazette issue : 35868 , Dated 1943-01-15 , Download #35868
136323	E V J PURNELL	London Gazette supplement : 36104 , Dated 1943-07-20 , Download #36104
136323	E V J PURNELL	London Gazette supplement : 36830 , Dated 1944-12-05 , Download #36830

Captivity Details for Eric Victor John PURNELL 136323

Rank	Name, Number	Details	Date Captured	Unit	POW No	Camp
Plt Off	Eric Victor John PURNELL (136323)	Halifax II DT721	1943-01-27	51 Sqdn	257	Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria

National Archives AIR81 - Fuzzy Search

Citation	AIR81 Casualty File Description	Link
AIR81/21250	Sergeant L J Hammond (RAAF), Sergeant J A Daragon, Warrant Officer L O'Neill-Weakley (RCAF): killed; Pilot Officer Purnell, Sergeant Street, Sergeant Best, Sergeant Hough: prisoners of war; Lancaster DT721, 51 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight, Dusseldorf, Germany, 27 January 1943.	C18306795

Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry

Date: 27 Jan 43 Aircraft: Halifax II DT721 Unit 51 Sqdn Airfield /Crash Location , Noord-Brabant
Details	Took off 1750 27 Jan 1943 from Snaith. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the grounds of Huize Padua Mental Hospital between Boeken and Gemert (Noord Brabant) Holland.
Source	Henk Welting's Database
Aircrew details

Recorded in CWGC

Rank	Name, Number, Trade & Details	Date	Unit	Country	Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref
Sergeant	John Alexander DARAGON (1321773) Air Bomber Halifax II DT721 IBCC	1943-01-27	51 Sqdn AIR27	Netherlands	Eindhoven (Woensel) General Ce
Flight Sergeant	Louis James HAMMOND (400255) Halifax II DT721 IBCC	1943-01-27	51 Sqdn AIR27	Netherlands	Eindhoven (Woensel) General Ce
Warrant Officer Class I	Lawrence O'neill WEAKLEY (R/67735) Halifax II DT721 IBCC	1943-01-27	51 Sqdn AIR27	Netherlands	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemeter

Related Posts in RAF Commands Forum - Fuzzy Search

Thread	Post Text	Author
Flight Lieutenant Krishna DANDEKER (177755) AG W/OP - DFC	Hello, More on Dandeker: Sgt K Dandeker was a W.Op-AG aboard No.51 Sqn Whitley Z9144:MH-O, which attacked and damaged U-256, on 31 August, 1942: 68187 F/L (Pilot) Edward O'Connor TANDY R/67735 F/Sgt (2nd Pilot) Lawrence O'Neill WEAKLEY RCAF - + 27/28-1-1943 No.51 Sqn Halifax II DT721 - BCL4/28 Sgt (Obs.) W J MUSSEN 930293 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Krishna DANDEKER 754978 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Eric Victor John PURNELL - PoW 27/28-1-1943 No.51 Sqn Halifax II DT721 - BCL4/28 (later P/O 136323). 1193714 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Robert George SHARLAND - + 27/28-4-194 No.156 Sqn Lancaster III ND509 - BCL5/197- (DFC - 51 Sqn [138832] LG:14-9-1943 p.4079). See: Swift and Sure:Eighty Years of No.51 Squadron RAF (York's Own Squadron) Ford,Keith S. Warrington:Compaid Graphics,1997 pp.129-130 and... Search, Find and Kill. Franks,Norman London:Grub Street,1995. pp.96-7 Col. ....Read More.	COL BRUGGY on 5th July 2014 01:23:15

Like what you see? You can support this site!