Hardy, James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James |
Surname | Hardy |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank and Margaret Hardy, of Leicester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AT216 |
Markings | VN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. U.U. Grave 740. |
Epitaph | BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF A LOVING SON AND BROTHER. GREATLY LOVED SADLY MISSED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 45 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1165162 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-04-1942 |
End Date | 06-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Cologne |
Reason for Loss | Crashed soon after take-off at Thorpe-on-the-Hill, near Lincoln |