{"id":543,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=543"},"modified":"2021-07-27T06:40:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T06:40:20","slug":"lens-aubrey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/lens-aubrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Lens, Aubrey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Aubrey Lens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Navigator, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron<br>Service number 149672<br>Died 24 August 1943<br>Buried Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany<br>Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;MOURNED BY HIS LOVING PARENTS &amp; SISTERS. &#8220;MAY HIS DEAR SOUL REST IN PEACE&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Aubrey was born on 7 May 1921 in Hackney, London to John Lenz and Hetty nee Kinsler and he had three younger sisters. In 1939, the family were living at 40 Athlone Road, Lambeth where Aubrey&#8217;s father John was a senior ARP warden and worked as a fur cutter foreman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey was the navigator on Stirling BF564 which departed RAF Mepal at 20.51 hours on the night of 23\/24th August 1943 on an operation to Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed between Wiesenhagen and Martensmuhle presumably as a result of enemy action on the 24th August 1943. <br>Crew:<br>Pilot, Alan Joseph Lyall Sedunary, DFC, RAAF, 416619. <br>Pilot, Francis Patrick Lundon, RNZAF, 404718 <br>F\/E, Frank Kitchener Alcock, MiD, 532245.<br>A\/B, Cecil Reginald Parish, 1332576.<br>W\/Op A\/G, Douglas Hamilton Moss, RNZAF, 404653<br>A\/G, Jack Ernest Nicholson, 1800467 <br>A\/G, John James Gratton, 1351568. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aubrey-Lens.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2123\" width=\"394\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aubrey-Lens.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Aubrey-Lens-120x192.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><figcaption>Courtesy of Aircrew Remembered<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/18404066_1426594034-700x933.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15112\" width=\"398\" height=\"539\"\/><figcaption>Courtesy Find a Grave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-700x868.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-700x868.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-250x310.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-1238x1536.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-1651x2048.jpg 1651w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1939-Lens-120x149.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>1939 Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aubrey Lens Navigator, 75 (New Zealand) SquadronService number 149672Died 24 August 1943Buried Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, GermanyAge 22 Headstone Inscription&#8216;MOURNED BY HIS LOVING PARENTS &amp; SISTERS. &#8220;MAY HIS DEAR SOUL REST IN PEACE&#8221; Aubrey was born on 7 May 1921 in Hackney, London to John Lenz and Hetty nee Kinsler and he had three younger&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/lens-aubrey\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3325,"parent":22,"menu_order":382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lens, Aubrey | Remembering the Jews of WW2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/lens-aubrey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lens, Aubrey | Remembering the Jews of WW2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aubrey Lens Navigator, 75 (New Zealand) SquadronService number 149672Died 24 August 1943Buried Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, GermanyAge 22 Headstone Inscription&#8216;MOURNED BY HIS LOVING PARENTS &amp; SISTERS. &#8220;MAY HIS DEAR SOUL REST IN PEACE&#8221; Aubrey was born on 7 May 1921 in Hackney, London to John Lenz and Hetty nee Kinsler and he had three younger... 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