Kl. 00.07 den 10. august 1942 lettede HAL W1016 fra RAF Middleton St. George på et bombetogt mod Osnabrück.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p095MACR)

C. M. Howard blev fundet drevet in på Strandlen 15 (her) den 10. september 1942.
Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 15. september 1942. (Kilde: AOD og FAF)

Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Ernest James Ironmonger, 21 år, vaar søn af Ernest Henry og Gladys May Ironmonger, Derby, United Kingdom.
Han er begravet på BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY i Holland, grav 31. B. 12. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra HAL W1016 blev begravet i Esbjerg, 1 i TYSKLAND og 1 i HOLLAND. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission. 7 flyvere.

At 00.07 hrs. on 10 August 1942 HAL W1016 took off from RAF Middleton St. George on a bombing raid targeting Osnabrück.
It crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: p095MACR)

C. M. Howard was found washed ashore in Beach Area 15 (here) on 10 September 1942.
He was buried in Esbjerg on 15 September 1942. (Source: AOD and FAF)

Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Ernest James Ironmonger, 21, was the son of Ernest Henry and Gladys May Ironmonger, of Derby, United Kingdom. He is buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY in HOLLAND, Grave 31. B. 12. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 187.

1 airman from HAL W1016 was buried in Esbjerg, 1 in GERMANY, and 1 in HOLLAND. 4 airmen have no known grave.

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Halifax II W1016 EY-B took off from RAF Middleton St. George on 09 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.