Wilfred Jackson                                                                                        Updated:  17 MAR 2013

Airman: e777560.htm Surname: Jackson Init: W Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 466

P_link: p136.htm Plane: WEL HE471 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d300143 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 11.14 den 30. januar 1943 lettede WEL HE471 fra RAF Leconfield på et bombetogt mod Emden (her).
Flyet gik i havet, antageligt i Nordsøen. Der var ingen overlevende. (Kilde: MACR)

J. H. A. Beath drev ind ved Mandø (som er her) den 25. februar 1943. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 4. marts 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

Flight Sergeant Wilfred Jackson, 32 år, var søn af William Harold og Lillian Jane Jackson, Gorton, Manchester, United Kingdom;
gift med Leah Jackson, Gorton.

Hans navn er på Panel 154 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Wireless Operator / Air Gunner på WEL HE471. (Kilde: MACR)

1 flyver fra WEL HE471 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 5 flyvere.

At 11.14 hrs. on 30 January 1943 WEL HE471 took off from RAF Leconfield on a bombing raid targeting Emden (here).
The plane was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. There were no survivors. (Source: MACR)

J. H. A. Beath was washed ashore near Mandø (which is here) on 25 February 1943. He was buried in Esbjerg on 4 March 1943. (Source: FAF)

Flight Sergeant Wilfred Jackson, 32, was the son of William Harold and Lillian Jane Jackson, of Gorton, Manchester, United Kingdom,
and the husband of Leah Jackson, of Gorton.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 154, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He was the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner of WEL HE471. (Source: MACR)

1 airman from WEL HE471 was buried in Esbjerg. 4 airmen have no known grave.

See Bomber Command No. 466 Squadron RAAF and 466 Sqn RAAF - Wikipedia. Australian War Memorial has this. This Wellington took off from RAF Leconfield.
5 airmen.