Son of Robert and Janet B. Hargreaves of Glasgow, Scotland.
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 83 Sqdn.
W4981
Died at Age 32.
Military Service No. 1310051.
Operation- Pilsen
Intercepted by a night fighter flown by Obt Lathar Linke outbound over Holland and shot down near Lemmer. Linke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Linke claimed 27 aerial victories, 24 of them at night.
Target: Plzeň
Call Sign: OL-A
Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.S. Renshaw 535117 RAF Lemmer C 9 240
Flight engineer Sgt. F.A. Worsnop 1083323 RAF Lemmer C 9 239
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Lecomber 1393387 RAF Lemmer C 8 238
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.R. Williamson 1365974 RAF Lemmer C 9 241
Wo ag F/O. S.W. Gould 47704 RAF Survived as a POW (prisoner of war)
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. Stone 1333951 RAF Lemmer C 8 237
Air gunner Sgt. J.Mc.G. Hargreaves 1310051 RAF Lemmer C 8 220
Hargreaves physical remains found during excavation in 1952
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 83 Sqdn.
W4981
Died at Age 32.
Military Service No. 1310051.
Operation- Pilsen
Intercepted by a night fighter flown by Obt Lathar Linke outbound over Holland and shot down near Lemmer. Linke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Linke claimed 27 aerial victories, 24 of them at night.
Target: Plzeň
Call Sign: OL-A
Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.S. Renshaw 535117 RAF Lemmer C 9 240
Flight engineer Sgt. F.A. Worsnop 1083323 RAF Lemmer C 9 239
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Lecomber 1393387 RAF Lemmer C 8 238
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.R. Williamson 1365974 RAF Lemmer C 9 241
Wo ag F/O. S.W. Gould 47704 RAF Survived as a POW (prisoner of war)
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. Stone 1333951 RAF Lemmer C 8 237
Air gunner Sgt. J.Mc.G. Hargreaves 1310051 RAF Lemmer C 8 220
Hargreaves physical remains found during excavation in 1952
Son of Robert and Janet B. Hargreaves of Glasgow, Scotland.
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 83 Sqdn.
W4981
Died at Age 32.
Military Service No. 1310051.
Operation- Pilsen
Intercepted by a night fighter flown by Obt Lathar Linke outbound over Holland and shot down near Lemmer. Linke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Linke claimed 27 aerial victories, 24 of them at night.
Target: Plzeň
Call Sign: OL-A
Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.S. Renshaw 535117 RAF Lemmer C 9 240
Flight engineer Sgt. F.A. Worsnop 1083323 RAF Lemmer C 9 239
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Lecomber 1393387 RAF Lemmer C 8 238
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.R. Williamson 1365974 RAF Lemmer C 9 241
Wo ag F/O. S.W. Gould 47704 RAF Survived as a POW (prisoner of war)
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. Stone 1333951 RAF Lemmer C 8 237
Air gunner Sgt. J.Mc.G. Hargreaves 1310051 RAF Lemmer C 8 220
Hargreaves physical remains found during excavation in 1952
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 83 Sqdn.
W4981
Died at Age 32.
Military Service No. 1310051.
Operation- Pilsen
Intercepted by a night fighter flown by Obt Lathar Linke outbound over Holland and shot down near Lemmer. Linke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Linke claimed 27 aerial victories, 24 of them at night.
Target: Plzeň
Call Sign: OL-A
Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.S. Renshaw 535117 RAF Lemmer C 9 240
Flight engineer Sgt. F.A. Worsnop 1083323 RAF Lemmer C 9 239
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Lecomber 1393387 RAF Lemmer C 8 238
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.R. Williamson 1365974 RAF Lemmer C 9 241
Wo ag F/O. S.W. Gould 47704 RAF Survived as a POW (prisoner of war)
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. Stone 1333951 RAF Lemmer C 8 237
Air gunner Sgt. J.Mc.G. Hargreaves 1310051 RAF Lemmer C 8 220
Hargreaves physical remains found during excavation in 1952
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A GALLANT SON & BROTHER.
HE LIES FAR FROM HOME.
PEACEFUL BE HIS REST
Gravesite Details
Plot C, Row 8, Grave 220.
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