Son of Anthony Wordsworth Atkinson and Florence Jane Atkinson.
SERGEANT JOSEPH ATKINSON
Service Number: 810060
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
142 Sqdn.
Date of Death: Died 08 Novembe
Joseph Atkinson was the navigator of the British Wellington bomber BK198 that on a minelaying mission near Texel Island NW Netherlands was shot down by Flak crashing into the North Sea 7 kilometers west of Bergan aan Zee. Killing all 5 crew members.
Source: Peter Hakze
SERGEANT JOSEPH ATKINSON
Service Number: 810060
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
142 Sqdn.
Date of Death: Died 08 Novembe
Joseph Atkinson was the navigator of the British Wellington bomber BK198 that on a minelaying mission near Texel Island NW Netherlands was shot down by Flak crashing into the North Sea 7 kilometers west of Bergan aan Zee. Killing all 5 crew members.
Source: Peter Hakze
Son of Anthony Wordsworth Atkinson and Florence Jane Atkinson.
SERGEANT JOSEPH ATKINSON
Service Number: 810060
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
142 Sqdn.
Date of Death: Died 08 Novembe
Joseph Atkinson was the navigator of the British Wellington bomber BK198 that on a minelaying mission near Texel Island NW Netherlands was shot down by Flak crashing into the North Sea 7 kilometers west of Bergan aan Zee. Killing all 5 crew members.
Source: Peter Hakze
SERGEANT JOSEPH ATKINSON
Service Number: 810060
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
142 Sqdn.
Date of Death: Died 08 Novembe
Joseph Atkinson was the navigator of the British Wellington bomber BK198 that on a minelaying mission near Texel Island NW Netherlands was shot down by Flak crashing into the North Sea 7 kilometers west of Bergan aan Zee. Killing all 5 crew members.
Source: Peter Hakze
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Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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