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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