Bernard Kenrick DFM

Flight Engineer, 61 Squadron
Service number 1388233
Died 23 April 1944
Buried Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Age 23

Headstone Inscription
‘BELOVED AND DEVOTED SON AND BROTHER. ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS’

Bernard was the son of Pizer and Rose née Kenrick of Tottenham, Haringey.

Please click on the links below to learn more about Bernard’s life.

Resources

Bernard’s ancestry & early lifeDownload
OperationsDownload
DFM AwardDownload
50 Squadron Association Records. Courtesy of Mike Connock Download

Gallery

  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
  • Bernard’s mother 1911
  • Bernard on the front page of the Jewish Chronicle 1943
  • Bernard centre next to Anthony Bird
  • Plane the following day after the attack. Front row: Bernard, Harry Aspinall, James Kemish. Back row: Anthony Bird 2nd from right. Others unknown
  • Book with bullet damage
  • Engineers log showing bullet holes
  • Bernard is buried in Hanover War Cemetery. Died 23 April 1944/30 Nissan 5704
  • Memorial in Jewish Chronicle 1946