Nimmo, James Andrew Harold
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | James Andrew Harold |
Surname | Nimmo |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Brigadier Robert Harold Nimmo and Joan Margaret Nimmo, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | ND420 |
Markings | PM-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | A. 7. 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 79 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 401638 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Ørbæklund 1, 7330 Brande, Brande, Midtjylland Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone and information board |
Memorial Text | Til minde om besætningen pa Lancaster ND420 No 103 Sqd skudt ned den 10 april 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/816/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/816/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-04-1944 |
End Date | 10-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying in Baltic waters |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Elsham Wolds at 2118 hrs tasked to lay mines in Baltic waters. Aircraft was intercepted and shot down by a night fighter on its return flight crashing at 0450 hrs near the hospital at Brande, Denmark. Possibly shot down by night fighter Obit Gunther Rogge of 2./NJG3 40km South of Grove at 0350 hrs |