Howard Beck                                                                                            Updated: 17 MAY 2021

Airman: e555014.htm Surname: Beck Init: H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF 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)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Howard Beck, 21 år, var søn af William Henry og Jane Beck, Redditch, Worcestershire.
Han er begravet på TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY i Holland, Plot K. Row 2. Grave 32. (Kilde: CWGC)

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)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Howard Beck, 21, was the son of William Henry and Jane Beck, of Redditch, Worcestershire.
He is buried in TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY in HOLLAND, Plot K. Row 2. Grave 32. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 129.

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.