In Memory Of
STEPHENS, LIONEL
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1925-05-04
Service No:
607248V
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-04-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B.VI KK302, 8 crew (1 RAF), after returning from a bombing raid on the Brescia marshalling yards in Northern Italy, Liberator collided with an RAF Wellington bomber KL355 from 70 Sqdn while circling Celone airfield to land
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XIII. B. 7.
Cemetery:
BARI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of William Henry and Ida Millicent Stephens, of Kensington, Johannesburg. Born Kraal, Heidelberg District. A clerk with South African Railways. His father also died in service in WW2
