102 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax II (#DT747) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off from RAF Pocklington for a night air operation over Stettin in Germany. It is thought that DT747 was shot down by ground flak, crashing near the Danish village of Hjertingvej and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RNZAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Samuel Eric BENNETT,
RAFVR Sergeant James Kenneth CAMPBELL,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Ambrose GRIFFITHS,
RAFVR Sergeant Arnold JENKINSON,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfrid Charles MARSH,
RAFVR Sergeant James Thomas SMITH,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Cuthbert WEIR and
RAFVR Sergeant Bertram Charles John WHITE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1316333
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 102 RAF Squadron; RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire
Son of Martha Jane Griffiths and stepson of John Peel of Hakin, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
102 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax II (#DT747) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off from RAF Pocklington for a night air operation over Stettin in Germany. It is thought that DT747 was shot down by ground flak, crashing near the Danish village of Hjertingvej and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RNZAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Samuel Eric BENNETT,
RAFVR Sergeant James Kenneth CAMPBELL,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Ambrose GRIFFITHS,
RAFVR Sergeant Arnold JENKINSON,
RAFVR Sergeant Wilfrid Charles MARSH,
RAFVR Sergeant James Thomas SMITH,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Alexander Cuthbert WEIR and
RAFVR Sergeant Bertram Charles John WHITE.
Military Service-
Service Number: 1316333
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 102 RAF Squadron; RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire
Son of Martha Jane Griffiths and stepson of John Peel of Hakin, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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