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Remembering those who died this day.

  • Brockhurst Albert James. Able Sea. (d.30th Nov 1941)
  • Dimond Leonard Gordon Charles. Sgt. (d.30th Nov 1941)
  • Manning Leonard. (d.30th Nov 1941)
  • Naylor Kenneth. Sgt. (d.30th Nov 1941)
  • Taylor Philip Anthony. Sgt. (d.30th Nov 1941)

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Want to know more about the 30th of November 1941?


There are:11 items tagged 30th of November 1941 available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.




Stories from 30th November 1941





Sgt. Leonard Gordon Charles Dimond. Royal Air Force, Air Gunner. 101 squadron. (d.30th Nov 1941)

My Uncle Len was a wireless operator and air gunner. He worked as a Hall Porter in a Hotel before the War. He joined up in August 1940 and went to Blackpool for training. His records state that he then went to Swinderby and Fettwell before joining 101 squadron in 1941. There is a record of his death along with others in the plane copied here from the internet:

On 30 November 1941 at 20.00 hrs WEL R1778 crashed in the North Sea about here due to engine trouble on its way to bomb Hamburg. AOD has details. This is one of the stories about airmen rescued by fishermen in the North Sea.

Sergeant (Co-Pilot) Roy St. C. Finch and Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John W. Lamont got into the dinghy which was found on 2 December 1941 at 10.00 hrs by the Danish fishing cutter E 264 'Harmoni' of Esbjerg. On the arrival at Esbjerg they were captured by the Germans. They got to know a number of German POW Camps.

Sergeant (Pilot) Derek A. Willisson, Sergeant (Observer) Donald E. Williams, Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Kenneth Naylor and Sergeant (Air Gunner) Leonard G. C. Dimond perished and disappeared in the sea. (Sources: AOD and Lost Bombers)

Sergeant Leonard Gordon Charles Dimond was from the United Kingdom. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 42, among more than 20,000 airmen, who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

Angela Robertson



Leonard Manning. Royal Air Force, 57 Squadron. (d.30th Nov 1941)

My Father, Leonard Manning, was on the Lancaster JB318 with Norman Gale when it was shot down. My family and I have just returned from Bassevelle in France where they hold a commemoration service every 5 years and lay wreaths on the graves of the 4 air men killed. One of which is Norman Gale. The lady who organises the event has been trying unsucessfully to trace Norman Gale's family, so if Robin Padgett can contact me it would be great.

Jan Verrall



Sgt. Kenneth Naylor. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Squadron. (d.30th Nov 1941)

I understand that Ken Naylor, who was 21, was in a flight over the North Sea when there was engine trouble causing the plane to ditch. His mother states two crew members were picked up by fisherman and became German prisoners of war. Ken and at least two others died.

In a documentary shown in England in 2011 an ex Wellington pilot called 'Tiny' Cooling spoke about Ken as a young flyer who everybody liked but nobody took any notice of because he looked like he was 'just out of his pram'. Cooling commented that he once found Ken weeping like a child because his best friend hadn't returned. Three weeks later Cooling was clearing out Ken's room because he hadn't returned.

Rosalie Maher



Sgt. Philip Anthony Taylor. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 102 Squadron . (d.30th Nov 1941)

Tony Taylor was my late uncle. He was an air gunner in 102 Squadron and had enlisted with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was killed in action over Germany on Sunday 30th of November 1941 aged 26 years. He is buried at Kiel War Cemetery.

Ian Hutchinson



Able Sea. Albert James Brockhurst. Royal Navy, HMS Durban. (d.30th Nov 1941)

Albert Brockhurst served in HMS Durban. I know nothing else, except he died at age 24 and is buried in Singapore, in the Kranji War Cemetery.

Jenny Watts










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