Glyndwr Reardon, Son of Alfred and Annie E Reardon of Monmouthshire, Wales. Glyndwr was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington T2702 15 Squadron Shot down by a German nightfighter and bellylanded on thick ice, Lake IJsselmeer (Old Zuyder Sea)(today Biddinghuizen), 15 km west of Elburg Holland.
Five of the all-NCO crew, including the pilot, survived the crash and escaped from the wrecked aircraft, but the 19-year-old front gunner, Sergeant Glyndwr 'Taffy' Reardon had been seriously or even fatally wounded and he did not emerge. The nose of the aircraft had penetrated the ice and his turret was underwater. The others could not reach him. Attention was directed to the badly injured rear gunner, Sergeant John Hall, the 'old man' of the crew at 24. He had fired at the German night fighter, but had been seriously wounded in the lower legs by cannon shell shrapnel (he later had a leg amputated by German doctors). The four crewmen who could walk dragged Hall across the ice on an opened parachute, away from the wrecked aircraft – it was very dark and very cold – until they were found on the ice by German soldiers at daybreak. All five airmen underwent medical treatment in the special ('bugged') ward for Allied airmen in the Wilhelmina Hospital in Amsterdam and then became POWs.
Pilot Sgt. William (Bill) R. Garrioch POW
CP/Obs. Sgt. Willam H. Jordan POW
Nav Sgt. Robert F. Beioley POW
W/opp-AG Sgt. Hardie G. Hedge POW
Front gunner Sgt. Glyndwr Reardon KIA, buried Jonkerbos.
Rear gunner Sgt. John Hall POW
Five of the all-NCO crew, including the pilot, survived the crash and escaped from the wrecked aircraft, but the 19-year-old front gunner, Sergeant Glyndwr 'Taffy' Reardon had been seriously or even fatally wounded and he did not emerge. The nose of the aircraft had penetrated the ice and his turret was underwater. The others could not reach him. Attention was directed to the badly injured rear gunner, Sergeant John Hall, the 'old man' of the crew at 24. He had fired at the German night fighter, but had been seriously wounded in the lower legs by cannon shell shrapnel (he later had a leg amputated by German doctors). The four crewmen who could walk dragged Hall across the ice on an opened parachute, away from the wrecked aircraft – it was very dark and very cold – until they were found on the ice by German soldiers at daybreak. All five airmen underwent medical treatment in the special ('bugged') ward for Allied airmen in the Wilhelmina Hospital in Amsterdam and then became POWs.
Pilot Sgt. William (Bill) R. Garrioch POW
CP/Obs. Sgt. Willam H. Jordan POW
Nav Sgt. Robert F. Beioley POW
W/opp-AG Sgt. Hardie G. Hedge POW
Front gunner Sgt. Glyndwr Reardon KIA, buried Jonkerbos.
Rear gunner Sgt. John Hall POW
Glyndwr Reardon, Son of Alfred and Annie E Reardon of Monmouthshire, Wales. Glyndwr was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington T2702 15 Squadron Shot down by a German nightfighter and bellylanded on thick ice, Lake IJsselmeer (Old Zuyder Sea)(today Biddinghuizen), 15 km west of Elburg Holland.
Five of the all-NCO crew, including the pilot, survived the crash and escaped from the wrecked aircraft, but the 19-year-old front gunner, Sergeant Glyndwr 'Taffy' Reardon had been seriously or even fatally wounded and he did not emerge. The nose of the aircraft had penetrated the ice and his turret was underwater. The others could not reach him. Attention was directed to the badly injured rear gunner, Sergeant John Hall, the 'old man' of the crew at 24. He had fired at the German night fighter, but had been seriously wounded in the lower legs by cannon shell shrapnel (he later had a leg amputated by German doctors). The four crewmen who could walk dragged Hall across the ice on an opened parachute, away from the wrecked aircraft – it was very dark and very cold – until they were found on the ice by German soldiers at daybreak. All five airmen underwent medical treatment in the special ('bugged') ward for Allied airmen in the Wilhelmina Hospital in Amsterdam and then became POWs.
Pilot Sgt. William (Bill) R. Garrioch POW
CP/Obs. Sgt. Willam H. Jordan POW
Nav Sgt. Robert F. Beioley POW
W/opp-AG Sgt. Hardie G. Hedge POW
Front gunner Sgt. Glyndwr Reardon KIA, buried Jonkerbos.
Rear gunner Sgt. John Hall POW
Five of the all-NCO crew, including the pilot, survived the crash and escaped from the wrecked aircraft, but the 19-year-old front gunner, Sergeant Glyndwr 'Taffy' Reardon had been seriously or even fatally wounded and he did not emerge. The nose of the aircraft had penetrated the ice and his turret was underwater. The others could not reach him. Attention was directed to the badly injured rear gunner, Sergeant John Hall, the 'old man' of the crew at 24. He had fired at the German night fighter, but had been seriously wounded in the lower legs by cannon shell shrapnel (he later had a leg amputated by German doctors). The four crewmen who could walk dragged Hall across the ice on an opened parachute, away from the wrecked aircraft – it was very dark and very cold – until they were found on the ice by German soldiers at daybreak. All five airmen underwent medical treatment in the special ('bugged') ward for Allied airmen in the Wilhelmina Hospital in Amsterdam and then became POWs.
Pilot Sgt. William (Bill) R. Garrioch POW
CP/Obs. Sgt. Willam H. Jordan POW
Nav Sgt. Robert F. Beioley POW
W/opp-AG Sgt. Hardie G. Hedge POW
Front gunner Sgt. Glyndwr Reardon KIA, buried Jonkerbos.
Rear gunner Sgt. John Hall POW
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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