Highfield, John Cyril (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-July-29
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Parents: Son of Mark and Daisy Mary Highfield, of Nottingham
Spouse:
Home: Nottingham, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Honington
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
1199531
Home
Nottingham, England
Target
Hamburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Community Cemetery at Stade, Germany, near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Wellington X3475
Mission
Wellington Mk. III X3475
Bombing Hamburg Germany 1942-July-28 to 1942-July-29
9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Honington
9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Honington, Wellington III aircraft X 3475 WS-P was coned by searchlights of the 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak while on an operation to Hamburg, crashing at the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade, Germany
There were two 9 Squadron Wellington III aircraft lost on this mission. Please see aircraft serial X 3606 WS-M for casualty list and details on this aircraft
Aviation Safety NetworkWellington X3475 Mk. III - Bombing Hamburg Germany - 1942-07-28 to 1942-07-29
Squadron: 9 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-07-28
Completion Date: 1942-07-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Hamburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Honington
Take Off Time: 22:41:00
Squadron Code: WS-P
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere)
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Honington, Wellington III aircraft X 3475 WS-P was coned by searchlights of the 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak while on an operation to Hamburg, crashing at the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade, Germany
There were two 9 Squadron Wellington III aircraft lost on this mission. Please see aircraft serial X 3606 WS-M for casualty list and details on this aircraft