Halifax II JB918 - The North Sea, off Holland                                               Updated:  17 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e555014.htm Beck H Sgt RAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 e555 e555.htm HOLLAND
e555013.htm Foley W Sgt RAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 e555 e555.htm HOLLAND
e555012.htm Grainger A G Sgt RCAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 e555 e555.htm HOLLAND
e777576.htm Harris F G Sgt RAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e555015.htm Oatridge K Sgt RAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 e555 e555.htm HOLLAND
a014146.htm Wells T A Sgt RAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 b290643 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777577.htm Willis W A Sgt RAF 102 p168.htm HAL JB918 Bomb G North Sea, off Holland d270443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


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)

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)

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

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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.