BERNARD EDMUND LEVER

Ipswich War Memorial | Posted on 3rd October 2016 |

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Born: 1923, Ipswich.

Died: 28th/29th August 1944; age: 21 – Operation to supply the Warsaw Rising.

Residence: 39, Princethorpe Road, Ipswich.

Rank: Sergeant/Air Bomber; Service Number: 1800182.

Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 34 Squadron – South African Air Force – Liberator.

Grave Reference:

Collective Grave I. D. 1-6.

Budapest Cemetery,

Solymar,

Hungary.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Cyril Edmund & Lillah Elizabeth Lever, of Ipswich.

Father: Cyril Edmund Lever, born July 1893, Reading, Berkshire.

Mother: Lilliah Elizabeth Lever (nee Allard), born December 1890, Debenham, Suffolk.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939

Bernard was living with his parents and brother at their family home – 39, Princethorpe Road, Ipswich.

Cyril, a House Decorator.

Lilliah, unpaid Domestic Duties.

Thomas R. Lever, at School, born September 1926, Ipswich.

Bernard is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Augustine of Hippo, Ipswich.

28th/29th August 1944

Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mk.VI; Serial number: EW-165; Code: ‘F’. Took off at 19:40 from Celone, Italy, with 6 other Liberators to lay mines in the Danube near Belgrade. The aircraft was hit by flak and fell in flames, exploding as it crashed into the property of Dr. M. Novak near Mohacs at 23:19. As several of the airmen tried to bail out, their parachutes caught fire. Sergeant Hancock survived by falling into a tree, suffering a broken leg. He became a POW in Germany.

Crew:

Captain/Pilot; John Frederick Munro; age 31; S.A.A.F.

Lieutenant/Pilot; Roy David Marthinus Van der Spuy; age 27; S.A.A.F.

Lieutenant/Observer; Patrick St. John Alexander; age 23; S.A.A.F.

Sergeant/Wireless Operator; William Henry Grice; age 22; R.A.F.V.R.

Paul Ansell Creux courtesy of Paul Greg