James G. Grainger                                                                                   Updated: 17 MAY 2021

Airman: e555012.htm Surname: Grainger Init: J G Rank: Sgt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 102

P_link: p168.htm Plane: HAL JB918 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea, off Holland

Crash_d: d270443 Buried_d: e555 C_link: e555.htm At_Next: HOLLAND

Kl. 00.41 den 27. april 1943 lettede HAL JB918 fra RAF Pocklington på et bombetogt mod Duisburg.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen nær øen Texel. Der var ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p168MACR)
"Duisburg. 561 fly, 17 tabt (3,0%). PFF angav at have markeret målet præcist, men de fleste af bomberne faldt i den nordøstlige del af byen.
Mere end 300 bygninger ødelagt og 130+ omkomne." (IBCC) Se Navigation om PFF - Stifinder.

T. A. Wells drev ind ved Nymindegab (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 29. juni 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

Warrant Officer James George Grainger, 26 år, var søn af Joseph og Nelda Grainger, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Han er begravet på
VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY i Holland, grav 60. (Kilde: CWGC)  Han var Pilot på HAL JB918. (Kilde: MACR)

1 flyver fra  HAL JB918 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 4 i HOLLAND. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.
7 flyvere.

At 00.41 hrs. on 27 April 1943 HAL JB918 took off from RAF Pocklington on a bombing raid targeting Duisburg.
It crashed in the North Sea near Texel Island. There were no survivors. (Source: p168MACR)
"Duisburg. 561 aircraft, 17 losses (3,0%). PFF claimed accurate marking but most of the bombs fell in the north east of the city.
More than 300 buildings destroyed and 130+ fatalities." (IBCC) See Navigation about PFF - Pathfinder.

T. A. Wells was washed ashore at Nymindegab (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 29 June 1943. (Source: FAF)

Warrant Officer James George Grainger, 26, was the son of Joseph and Nelda Grainger, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He is buried in
VLIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY in HOLLAND, Grave 60. (Source: CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 172.


He was the Pilot of HAL JB918. (Source: MACR)

1 airman from HAL JB918 was buried in Esbjerg and 4 in HOLLAND. 2 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 102 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia* Halifax-RAF Museum* Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum* Halifax Print* Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
Halifax II JB918 DY-T took off from RAF Pocklington at 00.41 hrs on 26 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See Pocklington History. 7 airmen.