
William Henry James
Updated:
04 OCT 2021
Photo 01 SEP 2015 by AS
Airman: a047002.htm Surname: James Init: W
H Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 138
P_link: p220.htm
Plane: HAL HR666 Operation: SOE to PL Crash_site: Storebælt
off Sprogø
Crash_d: d140943 Buried_d: b160943
C_link: c047.htm At_Next: Korsør
Den 14. september 1943 styrtede
HAL HR666 i Storebælt mellem Halsskov Rev og Sprogø,
måske omkring
her. Det
var på en nedkastningsoperation til Polen sammen med en del andre
polske og britiske fly.(Kilde: FAF og p220MACR)
Se
Halifax Print
og
folk bag en Halifax klar til en
mission.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Under overflyvning
af Storebælt blev flyet skudt ned af
tysk flak på Halsskov
Rev.
Den tyske krigsmarine
reddede tre besætningsmedlemmer,
F/Sgt. William Henry James (pilot),
Sgt. Thomas Alexander Payne (air gunner)
og Sgt. Donald Harward White (flight engineer).
Alle tre var sårede og ved ankomsten til Korsør
havn var F/Sgt James død." (FT 88-34-16)
Pilot Officer (Pilot) William Henry James,
23 år, var søn af William James og
Clara Emily James, Monmouth, United Kingdom.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
HAL HR666 blev begravet i Korsør, 1 i Frederikshavn og 1
i Norge.
1 har ingen kendt grav.
2 flyvere
blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre. 7 flyvere.
On 14 September 1943 at 22.30 hours
HAL HR666 crashed into the Storebælt between
Halskov Reef
and Sprogø, maybe about
here. It
was on an
SOE-mission to Poland.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"Overflying the Storebælt this plane was shot down by German flak
on Halskov Reef.
The German Kriegsmarine rescued 3 crew members,
F/Sgt. William Henry James (pilot),
Sgt. Thomas Alexander Payne (air gunner) and Sgt. Donald Harward White (flight engineer).
The 3 of them were wounded. F/Sgt James was dead on the arrival at Korsør
Harbour."
(FT 88-34-16)
Pilot Officer (Pilot) William Henry James, 23, was the son of William James
and
Clara Emily James, of Monmouth, United Kingdom. (Source:
CWGC)
Always in our memory, Darling. Until we meet again
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 188.
2 airmen from
HAL HR666 were buried in Korsør, 1 in Frederikshavn and 1
in Norway. 1 has no known grave. 2 airmen were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
See No. 138
Squadron RAF *
Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special
Duties Squadrons *
Halifax Print
Halifax - Bless 'Em All
*
p220MACR.
Halifax II HR666 NF-E
took off from RAF
Tempsford at 1753 hrs on 14 SEP 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has this.) 7 airmen.
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